– Act of April 16, 1993 on Combatting Unfair Competition (the ACUC).
– Polish Civil Code.
– Polish Civil Procedure.
– Labor Code.
– Industrial Property Law of June 30, 2000 (uniform text of June 22, 2023).
– Law on Access to Public Information.

Membership in International Conventions

– Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Stockholm Act.
– WTO's TRIPS Agreement.

Protection

Definition: according to Article 11 of the ACUC a trade secret is understood as technical, technological, organizational information of the company or other information having economic value which, as a whole or in a particular combination and collection of its elements, is not generally known to persons normally dealing with this type of information or is not readily available to such persons, provided that the person authorized to use or dispose of the information has taken, with due diligence, measures to keep it confidential.

Criteria for enforcement: the information must: (1) be confidential; (2) have a commercial value; and (3) be subject to efforts to maintain its confidentiality.

Assignment - licensing: possible.

Remedies for misappropriation: preliminary injunction, damages, attorneys' fees and costs of legal proceeding, criminal remedies.