China Amends Trade Secret Law to Further Favor Rights-Holders

China Amends Trade Secret Law to Further Favor Rights-Holders

April 25, 2019, Covington Alert

On April 23, 2019, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China passed a bill amending China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law (“AUCL”). Changes made by the amendment bill took effect on the same day. Further to the last amendment to the AUCL in 2017, the newly introduced burden-of-proof shifting and punitive damages rules will significantly enhance the protections for trade secret right holders.