– Law on Trade Secrets No. 171-XIII of July 6, 1994, in force since November 10, 1994, as amended on July 19, 2018. (This Law ceased to be valid from March 1, 2019, according to Article XVII of the Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 133 of November 15, 2018.)
– some articles from Law No. 183 of July 11, 2012 on Competition (Art. 63).
– Civil Code of the Republic of Moldova No. 1107-XV of June 6, 2002 (Book II (art. 301, art. 470 par.2 (f)); Book III (art. 925 par.1 (d), art.1171-1178); Book V.

– Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Stockholm Act, since December 25, 1991.
– WTO's TRIPS Agreement, since July 26, 2001.

Definition: a trade secret is information that is not a State secret and is related to the production, technology, administration, financial and other activities of an economic entity, the disclosure of which may harm its interests. The information must (1) have actual or potential value for a business entity; (2) not be generally known or publicly available; (3) be marked accordingly with the adoption by business entities of appropriate measures to preserve its confidentiality through a system for classifying said information, developing internal rules for classifying them, introducing appropriate labeling of documents and other information carriers; (4) not constitute a State secret and not be protected by copyright, related rights and patents; (5) not contain information about the negative activities of individuals and legal entities that can damage the interests of the State. 

Assignment - licensing: possible. 

Remedies for misappropriation: compensation for damages.