營業秘密法

This provision states the law’s purpose and says that matters not covered here are governed by other laws.

This provision says certain acts count as infringement of trade secrets, including obtaining a trade secret by improper means, or obtaining, using, or disclosing it in specified knowledge or negligence situations.

A victim may ask for a trade secret infringement to be stopped, prevented if there is a risk of infringement, and for infringing or infringement-use items to be destroyed or otherwise dealt with.

因故意或過失不法侵害他人營業秘密的人，負損害賠償責任；數人共同侵害的，負連帶賠償責任。

被害人請求損害賠償時，可以在兩種計算方式中擇一請求；若侵害屬故意，法院還可依請求酌定高於已證明損害額的賠償，但不得超過三倍。

Using, disclosing, copying, stealing, or otherwise improperly obtaining trade secrets for unlawful gain or to harm the owner can be punished by imprisonment, detention, and possibly a fine.

If conduct intended for use in a foreign area, mainland China, Hong Kong, or Macao falls within the listed offences from the preceding article, the offender is punished by 1 to 10 years’ imprisonment and may also be fined TWD 3 million to TWD 50 million. Attempted offences are also punishable.

第十三條之一的罪屬於告訴乃論；對其中一名共犯的告訴或撤回告訴，不影響其他共犯；公務員或曾任公務員的人，若因職務知悉或持有他人營業秘密而故意犯前二條之罪，刑罰可加重至二分之一。

If certain business-related offenses are committed by a company’s representative, agent, employee, or other worker, the company or natural person can also be fined, unless the representative or natural person did everything possible to prevent the crime.

未經認許的外國法人，可以就本法規定事項提出告訴、自訴或民事訴訟。

法院可以為營業秘密訴訟設立專業法庭或指定專人，並在符合條件時不公開審判或限制閱覽訴訟資料。

檢察官在偵辦營業秘密案件、認有偵查必要時，可以核發偵查保密令；收到命令的人不得把偵查內容拿去偵查以外使用，也不得揭露給未受命令的人。

偵查保密令可用書面或言詞方式作成；若先以言詞作成，之後須在七日內補作書面，並應送達受令人、通知營業秘密所有人，且給予其陳述意見機會。

This provision lets prosecutors or courts revoke or change an investigation confidentiality order in defined situations, and requires notice and hearing steps after indictment.

違反偵查保密令的人，可能被判三年以下有期徒刑、拘役，或併科新臺幣一百萬元以下罰金。

If a foreign person’s country does not have the required treaty or reciprocal protection for ROC trade secrets, those trade secrets may not be protected.

This law takes effect on the day it is promulgated.

This provision defines “trade secret” as certain information used for production, sale, or business operations, if it is not generally known, has economic value from being secret, and the owner has taken reasonable confidentiality measures.

受雇人職務上研究或開發的營業秘密，原則上歸雇用人所有；非職務上研究或開發的營業秘密，原則上歸受雇人所有。

出資請人進行研發的營業秘密，原則上依契約約定；沒有約定時，歸受聘人所有。出資人仍可在業務上使用自己的營業秘密。

共同研究或共同開發的營業秘密，其應有部分依契約約定；如果沒有約定，就推定為均等。

營業秘密可以全部或部分讓與他人，或與他人共有；共有時，使用、處分和出讓應依全體共有人同意及契約約定辦理。

營業秘密所有人可以授權他人使用營業秘密；被授權人未經同意不得再授權第三人使用；共有人未經全體同意不得授權他人，但共有人無正當理由不得拒絕同意。

Trade secrets may not be used as the subject of a pledge or compulsory enforcement.

公務員、訴訟相關人員，以及處理仲裁事件的人，在因公務、偵查審理或仲裁而知悉或持有他人營業秘密時，不得使用或無故洩漏。