CHAPTER III

Measures, procedures and remedies
Section 3

Measures resulting from a decision on the merits of the case

Injunctions and corrective measures
Article 12
1
Member States shall ensure that, where a judicial decision taken on the merits of the case finds that there has been unlawful acquisition, use or disclosure of a trade secret, the competent judicial authorities may, at the request of the applicant, order one or more of the following measures against the infringer:
a
the cessation of or, as the case may be, the prohibition of the use or disclosure of the trade secret;
b
the prohibition of the production, offering, placing on the market or use of infringing goods, or the importation, export or storage of infringing goods for those purposes;
c
the adoption of the appropriate corrective measures with regard to the infringing goods;
d
the destruction of all or part of any document, object, material, substance or electronic file containing or embodying the trade secret or, where appropriate, the delivery up to the applicant of all or part of those documents, objects, materials, substances or electronic files.
2
The corrective measures referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1 shall include:
a
recall of the infringing goods from the market;
b
depriving the infringing goods of their infringing quality;
c
destruction of the infringing goods or, where appropriate, their withdrawal from the market, provided that the withdrawal does not undermine the protection of the trade secret in question.
3
Member States may provide that, when ordering the withdrawal of the infringing goods from the market, their competent judicial authorities may order, at the request of the trade secret holder, that the goods be delivered up to the holder or to charitable organisations.
4
The competent judicial authorities shall order that the measures referred to in points (c) and (d) of paragraph 1 be carried out at the expense of the infringer, unless there are particular reasons for not doing so. Those measures shall be without prejudice to any damages that may be due to the trade secret holder by reason of the unlawful acquisition, use or disclosure of the trade secret.