Comparative legal analysis reveals interdisciplinary overlaps among secret and employee inventions in national legislation, highlighting the need for modernized protections.
Key Points
Secret inventions and employee inventions operate as interdisciplinary subinstitutions of patent law that define intellectual property rights across competitive markets.
Comparative examination of regulatory frameworks across intellectual property, labor, and competition law delineates key functional distinctions among commercial secrets.
Calls for national legislative modernization recommend adopting European Union directives on commercial secrets and introducing criminal liability for improper utilization.