[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Osaka District Court, 2020 (Wa) 12387
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Article type: Case note
Category: Unfair competition law
Topics: Trade secrets
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026
Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-11-25 (Japan time). Full English translation.
[Unfair Competition Prevention Act/Trade Secrets] Osaka District Court, 2020 (Wa) 12387
*Injunction against use of experimental equipment obtained with Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research denied
The identified information was too abstract to understand concretely. The three requirements for a trade secret could not be examined.
Donation = gratuitous transfer of ownership of the experimental equipment
The information embodied in the equipment did not remain at Osaka University.
The plaintiff argued that the confidential information was not publicly known because it could not readily be analyzed, but the court turned that argument around and ruled this way.
Concluding a confidentiality agreement is important.
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