On April 24, 2024, our Managing Partner, Ivana Ružičić, delivered a lecture at the Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, as a guest lecturer, on the topic Protection of Trade Secrets – Legal Framework for Confidentiality Protection.

The lecture was part of the study program Protection of Classified Information and Trade Secrets, presenting relevant provisions of laws regulating this important issue for the business operations of companies, as well as autonomous acts and contracts crucial for business protection in this segment.

The protection of trade secrets, as an institute for safeguarding investments in the creation and use of intellectual capital, is not regulated solely by the parent law, i.e., the Law on Protection of Trade Secrets, but relevant provisions are also found in many other special laws, such as the Law on Companies, the Law on Trade, the Criminal Code, the Law on Patents, the Law on Obligations, and others.

The lecture was particularly interesting due to references to available judicial practice views, as well as examples from the practice of our firm, especially in the domain of confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.

We express our gratitude to the Faculty of Security Studies and Prof. Dr Mladen Milošević for the invitation and the excellent opportunity to share knowledge and experience in this field.

Special thanks are due to our colleagues who attentively followed the lecture and then participated in the discussion.