A critical research on the innovations and inadequacies of the industrial property protection law approved in 2024 from the point of view of trade secrets.

Sadeghi, Mohsen

doi:10.22034/jpl.2024.718558

A critical research on the innovations and inadequacies of the industrial property protection law approved in 2024 from the point of view of trade secrets.

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Mohsen Sadeghi

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/jpl.2024.718558

Abstract

Although the importance of protecting trade secrets among Iranian business persons has a long history, there were no specific coherent regulations for the protection of trade secrets in our legal system before the Industrial Property Protection Law approved in 2024 was. It is considered forward, however, this strength does not make us close our eyes to its shortcomings. In this article, we are trying to answer the question of how far the mentioned law can meet the legal needs of the owners and users of trade secrets. The research method for this article is a qualitative method with library tools, while describing and analyzing the law articles and according to the case of several related opinions. The hypothesis of the research is that despite the law having significant advantages, the existence of some defects and loopholes may diminish the role of this law in meeting the needs of the beneficiary groups and reducing procedure. The following article is presented in two parts: in the first part, the most important innovations and in the second part, the most important shortcomings of Law 2024 will be mentioned and analyzed. In the end, clear and specific solutions will be proposed to the groups benefiting from the results of this research.

Keywords

Trade secrets

industrial property protection law 1403

innovations

inefficiencies

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