1. Infringement of trade secrets requires civil liability, administrative liability and criminal liability. The penalties for suspected criminal responsibility are respectively. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined. Other provisions of the law.
2. Legal basis:
Article 21 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that if business operators and other natural persons, legal persons and unincorporated organizations violate the provisions of Article 9 of this law, the supervision and inspection department shall order them to stop the illegal act, confiscate their illegal income and impose a fine of more than 100,000 yuan and less than 1 million yuan; If the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 500,000 yuan but not more than 5 million yuan shall be imposed.
In the first paragraph of Article 219th of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), anyone who commits one of the following acts of infringing on business secrets, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined:
(1) Obtaining the business secrets of the obligee by improper means such as theft, bribery, fraud, coercion or electronic intrusion;
(2) disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets of the obligee obtained by means of the preceding paragraph;
(3) disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets in their possession in violation of confidentiality obligations or the requirements of the obligee to keep business secrets.
Second, what is infringement of trade secrets?
1. Obtaining the business secrets of the obligee by theft, inducement, coercion or other improper means;
2. Disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets of the obligee obtained by means of the preceding paragraph;
3. Units and individuals that have business dealings with the obligee disclose, use or allow others to use the obligee's business secrets in their possession in violation of the contract or the obligee's requirements for keeping business secrets;
4. The staff of the obligee discloses, uses or allows others to use the business secrets of the obligee in violation of the contract or the obligee's requirements for keeping business secrets. If a third party knows or should know the illegal acts listed in the preceding paragraph and obtains, uses or discloses other people's business secrets, it shall be regarded as infringement of business secrets.
Infringement of trade secrets refers to the act that the obligee obtains trade secrets by improper means and causes huge losses or gains benefits from them. I hope the above content can help you. If you have any other questions, please click the button below or consult a professional lawyer.