Business secrets: The Paris Court of Appeal rules on the protection of business secrets contained in a writ relating to restrictive practices law (ITM Alimentaire International)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Law No. 2018-670 of July 30, 2018, transposing into French law the Directive of June 8, 2016 (EU Directive 2016/943 of June 8, 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and commercial information against unlawful obtaining, use and disclosure), has undoubtedly marked a decisive step on the road to protecting business secrets before civil and commercial courts (see. in this regard, Methodological sheets on the Reparation of economic loss, published by the Paris Court of Appeal, Sheet n° 9 "How to manage confidentiality and respect business secrecy? »). The body of specific rules introduced into the Commercial Code on this occasion nevertheless requires