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| 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。 |
| 关键词: 商业秘密 秘密性 不当行为 证明责任 举证义务 |
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| The Allocation of Burden of Proof in Trade Secret Litigation |
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| 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. |
| Key words: Trade Secret, Secrecy, Misconduct, Burden of Proof, Duty of Providing Evidence |
