»Range and Limits of Trade Secret Protection under Criminal Law. Analysis of the Substantive Legal Trade Secret Protection Using the Example of Criminal Liability of Whistleblowers«: The importance of protecting trade secrets is also enormous outside of civil law. Especially when valuable secrets are lost, claims for damages often have no deterrent effect. Therefore, it is examined whether the GeschGehG offers sufficient protection through criminal law. The criminal offenses contained therein as well as de lege lata and de lege ferenda existing limits are checked - particularly using the example of whistleblowing. Finally, there is a look at the remaining criminal law.
