The theft and the embezzlement of one enterprise’s “know-how” by another enterprise operating in the same field enables the latter to exploit others’ knowledge in order to implement one’s own. Indeed, the company that gets a hold of it obtains a competitive and evolutionary advantage. However, the issue of the protection of know-how has always been an interesting and complicated topic.

Defining the term know-how
Know-how concerns technical information related to organizational, commercial and business activities, with regard to a specific activity […]