https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17497 Trade-secret protection safeguards commercially valuable business information that is not generally known or readily accessible and is subject to reasonable secrecy measures. Protection in India arises through contracts, confidentiality and equity principles, employment arrangements, NDAs, intellectual-property principles, and applicable information-security obligations rather than a dedicated registration regime. Businesses should identify and classify sensitive information, restrict access on a need-to-know basis, use tailored confidentiality agreements, maintain evidence of secrecy, and apply technical and physical security controls. Patent-versus-secrecy decisions should consider patentability, reverse-engineering risk, independent discovery, commercial life and the feasibility of maintaining confidentiality. en-us Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:41:16 +0530 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:41:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17497 Trade-secret protection safeguards commercially valuable business information that is not generally known or readily accessible and is subject to reasonable secrecy measures. Protection in India arises through contracts, confidentiality and equity principles, employment arrangements, NDAs, intellectual-property principles, and applicable information-security obligations rather than a dedicated registration regime. Businesses should identify and classify sensitive information, restrict access on a need-to-know basis, use tailored confidentiality agreements, maintain evidence of secrecy, and apply technical and physical security controls. Patent-versus-secrecy decisions should consider patentability, reverse-engineering risk, independent discovery, commercial life and the feasibility of maintaining confidentiality. Articles Other Topics Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:41:16 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17497