Proprietary technology The term "secret technology" refers to all the secrets, experiences and skills that are in conformity with the conditions prescribed by law in the areas of production, finance and other activities, including process flow, formulas, formulas, technical specifications, and experience and so on.

stay Law In the sense, proprietary technology must have three conditions:

1, its entirety or its exact structure and content combination is generally known or easily obtained by people who are not in the field of information and usually work in the information field.

2, it is secret and therefore has commercial value ;

3, its legal owners have taken reasonable measures to confidentiality in accordance with the actual situation. Proprietary technology has the following characteristics:

(1) proprietary technology is a technology.

(2) it is a practical technology.

(3) it is imparable and transferable.

(4) proprietary technology is a kind of fact exclusive right under the condition of secrecy.

(5) economic;

(6) proprietary technology is a technology without patent right.

Proprietary technology is very different from patented technology. The following is a comparative table of proprietary technology and patented technology:

Proprietary technology patent technology

Existence condition confidentiality legal protection

Timeliness is limited by time without time restriction, that is, jurisdiction of relevant laws.

Confidentiality technology content confidential technology content disclosure

Technological requirements are not necessarily inventions, but must be mature and effective. They must be novelty, creativity and practicality.

The content of technological form can be improved, variable and static, and its content is fixed.

The way of existence is expressed in writing or in people's minds in written form.