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Il 2018 sarà un anno importante per la difesa dei segreti aziendali: l’Italia dovrà infatti adeguarsi alla direttiva 2016/943 che darà regole comuni ad un settore, quale quello dei segreti commerciali, nel quale gli Stati membri non hanno un livello omogeneo di protezione. La direttiva si prefigge quindi lo scopo di sviluppare una vera e propria cultura della tutela dei segreti commerciali in modo tale da poter accrescere la competitività delle imprese e la loro capacità innovativa.
Di seguito un articolo sul recepimento della direttiva in Italia.
The implementation in Italy of the EU Directive n. 2016/943:
According to article 19 of the abovementioned Directive, every EU Member (Italy
included) have to implement in their own legal system the legislation concerning the
protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) before
June 9th 2018.
The Italian Parliament, in these last months, has been working on the enabling act
(“Legge di delegazione europea 2016-2017” – the “2016-2017 EU Bill”) in order to
implement some European Directives included the EU Directive n. 2016/943. The
bill concerning the abovementioned Directive has been voted and approved, at first
reading, by the Senate of the Republic on August 2nd 2017 and therefore transmitted
to the Chamber of Deputies for the first reading.
The “Bill”, meanwhile transformed in Law n. 163 approved on October 25th 2017 –
entitled “Delega al Governo per il recepimento delle direttive europee e l’attuazione
di altri atti dell’Unione europea – Legge di delegazione europea 2016-2017” – has
been published on the Official Gazzette of the Italian Republic n. 259 on November
6th 2017. In particular it contains the proxy to Italian Parliament to approve and
implement the EU Directive n. 2016/943 “on the protection of undisclosed know-how
and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and
disclosure” (L. N. 163/2017 – LEGGE DI DELEGAZIONE EUROPEA 2016-2017
– SEGRETO COMMERCIALE – Delega al Governo per l’attuazione della direttiva
2016/943/UE contro l’acquisizione, l’utilizzo e la divulgazione illeciti).
In article 15 of the “Bill” it is specified that the Government, in exercising the proxy
in order to implement the EU Directive in question, has to follow the principles and
criterion specifically indicated by the Parliament in the proxy in addition to the
principles and the guidelines specified by the directive. In particular:
• modify the Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree n. 30/2005) by
introducing in it all the modifications and integrations which are necessary to
allow the correct and entire implementation of the EU Directive n. 2016/943;
• provide criminal and administrative law sanctionary measures proportionate
and dissuasive in case of acquisition, use or unauthorized disclosure of knowhow
and disclosed business information in order to guarantee the compliance
with all the duties foreseen by the directive;
• upgrade the whole discipline by repealing, modifying and incorporating it to
the current discipline, even the European one in order to assure the
coordination with the new discipline and its whole rationalization.
The Government however has to keep in mind, in implementing the Directive in
question, the broad legal protection granted to trade secrets and business
information by article 98 and article 99 of the Italian Industrial Property Code and
by article 623 of the Italian Criminal Code. Therefore the Italian Parliament has
the onus to find some sort of balance in theme.
(Domenico Piero Muscillo- BBPLegal)
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