Trade Secrets in the Intellectual Property Strategies of Entrepreneurs: The Estonian Experience

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Submission of ManuscriptsRCEEL seeks to recruit its contributors from among those interested in the domestic legal systems of the region, as well from authors active in the fields of regional and international law (public and private). This implies a welcome to all serious and qualified authors, but especially to those from the countries of the area concerned.Articles should be submitted in English; they may also be accompanied by an original version in one of the major CIS/CEE languages for the purpose of clarifying questions of terminology or content. Works of a multidisciplinary nature may be considered for publication, provided they contribute in a meaningful way to the general aims of RCEEL.

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“…The doctrines of patents and trade secrets are constantly interacting because it is possible to protect an invention with different forms of protection (patents, trade secrets or even design rights if it is possible to represent the invention in a specific form). There are empirical studies and research articles on combining the two forms of protection (see, e.g., Kelli et al, 2010). The legal literature has so far mainly focused on comparing the contrasts between the abovementioned two forms of protection.…”

The Impact of Intellectual Property Reward Regime on the Competitiveness of Innovative SMEs

“…The role of intellectual property (IP) protection in the internationalisation process is manifold -to block competition and to attract financial investors -venture capitalists [1]. In some cases, SMEs prefer not to patent all their technical innovations in (global) niche markets and use trade secret in combination with patents [3]. In software business main protection methods include copyright and protection of source code as a trade secret.…”