China expanded its trade secret rules to include data and algorithms, as Beijing steps up efforts to prevent technology leaks amid intensifying strategic competition with the US.

Conceptual image of data center server room Photos on this page: VCG. The Provisions on the Protection of Trade Secrets will ...

China brought into force on Monday new trade secret regulations that explicitly extend legal protection to data and algorithms for the first time, as the country moves to strengthen safeguards for ...

Under new Chinese regulations, any algorithm, dataset or program not publicly disclosed now counts as a trade secret. View on ...

“Because of the nature of AI tools or systems, additional protections should be implemented to prevent their unauthorized disclosure.” As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become central to ...

Strong legal protection for secret recipes and other innovations can spur companies to deploy discoveries and even share inventions.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize the economy, courts are increasingly being asked to determine whether AI models and algorithms can be protected as trade secrets. Yet case ...