1. Is it serious to commit the crime of infringement of trade secrets?
1. Infringement Trade secret crimes are serious. The sentencing provisions of this crime are: If the perpetrator commits an act of infringing on trade secrets as stipulated by law, and if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and concurrently or solely with a fine; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to not less than three years but not more than ten years. Imprisonment and a fine.
2. Legal basis: Paragraph 1 of Article 219 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China", one of the following acts of infringement of commercial secrets, the circumstances are serious If the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years, and shall also be fined:
(1) Obtaining the right holder’s business secrets through theft, bribery, fraud, coercion, electronic intrusion or other improper means;
(2) Disclosure , use or allow others to use the obligee’s business secrets obtained by means of the previous paragraph;
(3) Violate confidentiality obligations or violate the obligee’s regulations on keeping business secrets Requesting, disclosing, using or allowing others to use business secrets in their possession.
2. What are the criteria for filing a case for the crime of infringement of trade secrets
1. Using theft, inducement, coercion or other improper Obtaining the right holder's business secrets by legitimate means.
2. Disclose, use or allow others to use the right holder’s business secrets obtained through the means mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
3. Violate the agreement or the obligee's requirements for keeping trade secrets, disclose, use or allow others to use the trade secrets in his possession. Knowing or should have known about the acts listed in the preceding paragraph, obtaining, Anyone who uses or discloses the trade secrets of others shall be deemed to have infringed the trade secrets.
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