Protection of Confidential Business Information

Download or read book Protection of Confidential Business Information written by Judy XiaoXiao Lin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protection for confidential business information in New Zealand is largely governed by the common law principles of equity and contract. A New Zealand study by Sharp and Morgan has revealed that confidential information is the preferred method of protecting intellectual property by business owners; it has also been suggested that legal clarity has an important impact on business planning. This thesis will compare the way confidential business information is protected under the common law system in New Zealand, to the statutory protection offered by the United States. This comparison will endeavour to reveal which system provides better “clarity” for business owners to increase their understanding of the law and the types of protection offered. If the law is sufficiently clear, business owners will be able to organise and structure their businesses in a way to extract maximum value from their business secret, whilst increasing their chances of success against future incidents of misuse.