04.02.2020
Alexey Kot, Doctor of Law, Managing partner of Antika Law Firm and Alexander Tretiakov, Senior Associate of Antika Law Firm held a workshop on “Protection of trade secret” for the companies representative-members of American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.
Disclosure of a trade secret can cause great harm to business. Although, it is not easy to punish employees who disclose a trade secrets. Such employee cannot be fined because it is considered a disciplinary sanction, which can be applied only in cases provided for by law. There is a chance to receive compensation equivalent to the caused damage. A very effective element of trade secret protection can be an appeal to the AMCU.
During the workshop “Protection of trade secret” the lawyers of Antika told the following:
- What information can be considered a trade secret;
- How to protect a trade secret: basic methods and nuances of protection;
- Responsibility for the disclosure of a trade secret: how to prove that a violation was committed and punish a law violator;
- Analysing of successful cases of bringing to responsibility for unlawful use of trade secret;
- Appeal to the AMCU: how to prepare a complaint, the basic rules for its submission.
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Antika Law Firm has been operating in the legal market since 2010. It is within in a TOP-30 leading law firms in Ukraine*.
The Firm provides a full range of legal services to national and international companies that do business in Ukraine and abroad. The partners of the Firm have over 20 years’ experience in providing business law advice.
Specialists of Antika Law Firm are experts in following practices: Antitrust, Corporate, Construction & Real Estate, Energy, Dispute Resolution, Legal Expertise.
The Firm’s representative clients AWT Bavaria, ViDi Group, Ibis Group of Companies, Nadra Ukrayny, Nasosenergomash, Henkel Ukraine, Henkel Bautechnik Ukraine, Chernomorneftegaz, Ukrnafta, FC Dnipro, Energobank, Cadogan Petroleum, Cargill, Esan Eczacıbaşı Industrial Raw Materials, Enesa, Ghelamco, Heitman International, Imperial Tobacco, International Resources Group (USAID project “Municipal Energy Reform in Ukraine”), Lantmannen Axa, Shell Retail Ukraine.
Antika Law Firm also advised EBRD, World Bank, TACIS, NEFCO, UNDP, KfW, NEFCO on implementation infrastructure, energy-saving and other projects in Ukraine.
*rankings: 50 Top Law Firms of Ukraine (Yurydycheskaya Practika Publishing), Market leaders: ranking of Ukrainian legal companies (Yurydychna Gazeta), The Legal 500, Ukrainian Law Firms ILFR1000, Best Lawyers and others.
