A Legal Protection On Owner Of Trade Secret On Coffe Powder Blend That Violate Trade Secret Act No 30 Of 2000

Abstract

The development of business activities that are very competitive in Indonesia today has led to quite fierce business competition among the business world. Every company must have information that is kept secret from the public, usually referred to as trade secrets. This is the most important aspect for the business owner of the trade itself because the trade information owned holds commercial points and is tied to the quality of the business produced. When a company's trade confidential information is leaked, the impact will be detrimental to the company itself. Before the problem occurred, it could be seen that the government was serious when dealing with this problem and therefore the government began to formalize Law No 30 Of 2000 concerning Trade Secrets. The hope is that this will provide legal protection for trade business owners who keep the confidential nature of company trade information so that competitors are not easily owned. The purpose of this study is to provide legal protection for the owners of trading businesses. So as to reduce the form of violations of trade secrets that often occur, granting legal protection for trade business owners can be done by optimizing the implementation of Law No 30 Of 2000 concerning Trade Secrets and improving the performance of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property. The type of research applied in this study is normative juridical legal research, this research is based on legislation relating to trade secrets, namely Law No 30 Of 2000 and for the collection of data such as from legal books, legal journals, and news articles. The results of the study can be concluded that in guaranteeing a legal protection for trade secret owners there must be cooperation between several parties, not only from the Directorate General of Intellectual Property, but also from business actors, the community and law enforcement as well. In the application of Law No 30 Of 2000 concerning Trade Secrets, it should be carried out effectively, in order to reduce the form of violations of trade secrets that often occur lately among the business world.