商业秘密侵权诉讼的举证责任分配  

The Allocation of Burden of Proof in Trade Secret Litigation

作　　者：崔国斌[1] Cui Guobin

机构地区：[1]清华大学法学院

出　　处：《交大法学》2020年第4期9-33,共25页SJTU Law Review

摘　　要：商业秘密侵权诉讼中的举证责任分配是一个长期存在的难题。依据2019年修订的《反不正当竞争法》和2020年初达成的《中美经济贸易协议》,在原告和权利人证明部分相关事实后,法律就推定商业秘密具有秘密性,同时被告具有不当行为。这一制度安排减轻了原告的举证负担,但也不合理地加重了弱势被告的负担,会产生过高的社会成本。决策者应当接受民事诉讼领域主流理论的指引,坚持让商业秘密权利人承担证明责任,重申合理的证明标准,为权利人履行举证义务提供更具体的指引。只有这样,才能建立起符合中国长远产业利益的合理的商业秘密诉讼制度。The allocation of burden of proof in trade secret litigation is a long-standing problem.According to the Anti-unfair Competition Law of 2019 and the Sino-US Economic and Trade Agreement reached in early 2020,after a plaintiff as right holder proves parts of relevant facts,the secrecy of disputed trade secrets and the existence of a defendant s misconduct will be rebuttably presumed by law.Such a legal presumption reduces a plaintiff s burden of producing evidence,but unreasonably increases the burden of a more vulnerable defendant and will generate excessively high social cost.Decision makers should accept the guidance of mainstream theory in the field of civil procedure,placing the burden of proof on plaintiffs,reiterating a reasonable standard of proof,and giving plaintiffs more specific directions on how to prove the secrecy of disputed trade secrets and existence of defendants misconducts.Only in this way can we establish a reasonable litigation system of trade secret in line with China s long-term industrial interests.

关 键 词：商业秘密 秘密性 不当行为 证明责任 举证义务 

分 类 号：D922.294[政治法律—经济法学]