受僱人競業禁止之法律適用性與案例探討

A Discussion for the Applicability of Employee's Non-Competition &Cases

曾勝珍(Sheng-Chen Tseng) ； 賴昱棠(Lai-Yu Tang)

《嶺東學報》 39期 (2016/06) Pp. 169-201

摘要

受僱人洩漏在職期間或離職後知悉的營業秘密，對於全世界的高科技產業與經濟造成重大打擊，因而關於競業禁止條款適用的範圍及其內容，引發本文探討競業禁止之法律適用性與案例探討的研究動機。首先，本文說明競業禁止的概念，再論述我國近年的實務案例，企業往往藉由與勞工簽定離職後競業禁止條款，惟離職後競業禁止條款所拘束、限制的範圍，往往對於勞工所損失的就業自由甚至勞工賴以維生之技能限制過深，而其侵害勞工權利的深度，本文最後探討與雇主所需值得保護的利益是否衡平，並做出結論議。

關鍵字

智慧財產權 ； 營業秘密 ； 保密契約 ； 競業禁止條款 ； 僱傭關係

並列摘要

Employee misappropriation of trade secrets in today’s globalized, high-technology economy poses a real and substantial threat. Since there is no any specific statute in Taiwan, this article is intended to provide a general overview regarding covenants not to compete. A covenant not to compete can generally be crafted to limit a former employee’s ability to compete against his or her former employer for a reasonable period of time. ROC courts have enforced such agreements if they are ancillary to employment, reasonably limited in scope and duration and designed to protect legitimate business interests.

並列關鍵字

Intellectual Property ； Trade Secret ； Confidential Agreement ； Non-Competition Clauses ； Employment Relationship

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