Trade secrets : Know-how should not be stolen

Imagine you discover a product, which appears on the EU market with the exact same specifications as your own. You realise that your blueprints were stolen and your production processes were copied down to the very last detail by a competitor, who has not invested any time or money into developing this know-how. Unfortunately, studies confirm that these situations occur more and more to the detriment of innovative companies 18% of companies reported theft of trade secrets in 2012 versus…