Legal Protection of Trade Secrets

Legal protection of trade secret in the Republic of Croatia is stipulated with the Trade Act as well as with the Labour Act. On the 8th June 2016, European Parliament has enacted Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure which member states will have to transpose into their national laws by the 9th June 2018. This paper deals with current state of legal protection of trade secret in the Croatian legal system estimating the legislative changes that will have to be done in order to comply with the Directive.