中国高新技术企业的专有技术保护与法律管理

专有技术的保护基于专有技术拥有人自身所采取的保护措施,没有保护措施,则没有法律上的权利。从研究有关专有技术保护的理论与规则入手,采用对比方法,以专利法律保护为参照系统分析了专有技术保护的特点;同时,分析了企业在中国经营中保护专有技术的理论与规则。创新之处在于提出了高新技术企业应当建立以保护专有技术为目标的法律管理体系的观点,并提出该法律管理体系应当包括:建立并执行企业专有技术保护战略、签署各种技术保密合同、制定激励机制、劳动合同中包含保守商业秘密的义务、物理形态的保护措施以及员工培训等。

Protection of know-how and legal management for hi-tech enterprises in China

Considering the legal system as it stands in China,protection of business know-how or hi-tech proprietary knowledge is primarily based on proactive measures adopted by the owner.Unless steps are taken to preserve know-how in the Chinese business world,the owner of this specialized knowledge is regretfully left without effective legal recourse.This note introduces theories and regulations concomitant to the protection of know-how in China for local and U.S.firms.Using a number of legal frameworks as a backdrop,this paper analyzes the unique characteristics of know-how protection in China,and further proposes the establishment of legal management systems in hi-tech enterprises operating there.This paper advices to set up a perfect legal management system,including:formulating and effectively executing a company know-how protection policy;signing a trade secret security contract;providing contractual incentives;clearly defining employee confidentiality responsi-bilities through trade secret security clauses in labor contracts;and paying attention to physical security matters.