Reverse Engineering Can Be Least Of Fragrance IP Worries
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Reverse-engineering a fragrance to uncover trade secrets at least takes time and resources, unlike instances where a former employee simply delivers them to a competitor. The EU's provisional trade-secret directive will promote improved protections against such conduct but will not affect laws of contract, so confidentiality agreements will remain important tools to guard against trade-secret misappropriation.
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