– Unfair Competition Act of October 22, 1992 in its current version.

Note: Liechtenstein has implemented the provisions of the EU Directive of June 8, 2016 (2016/943) on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure, by introducing new provisions in the Unfair Competition Act on March 11, 2022.

– Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Stockholm Act, since July 14, 1933.
– WTO's TRIPS Agreement, since September 1, 1995.

Definition: according to the Unfair Competition Act, a "trade secret" means information, which meets all the following requirements: (1) it is secret, because it is not, as a body or in the precise configuration and assembly of its components, generally known among or readily accessible to persons within the circles that normally deal with the kind of information in question; (2) it has commercial value because it is secret; and (3) it has been subject to reasonable steps under the circumstances, by the person lawfully in control of the information, to keep it secret.

Assignment - licensing: possible.

Remedies for misappropriation: injunctive relief; removal of the trade secret infringing goods from the market; destruction of the infringing products and documents, objects, materials, substances or electronic files containing or embodying the trade secret; compensation for damages.