中文摘要:

EEA防止並制裁經濟間諜違法使用他人辛苦耕耘的結果及發明，造成不公平的競爭，為防止惡意仿冒、惡意詐欺或不當洩漏商業機密，保障營業秘密所有人或是原研發設計人，因此透過一套兼具民事損害賠償及刑事處罰的聯邦法規，有系統並獨立處理有關營業秘密的問題，並能懲治經濟間諜；經濟間諜一般容易發生在解聘員工或員工自願離職時，而將營業秘密帶走，或是企業的交易產生變化，如企業併購或轉投資，或是與往來的公司、廠商訂立保密合約時，皆有可能使競爭者取得營業秘密。我國業者若與美國公司或企業有往來者，應將EEA條款切記在心切勿觸犯，以免面對刑責及高額罰金之處罰。
本文將深入研究EEA之實體暨條文規定，並探討其立法真意；首先探討經濟間諜之定義及影響，刑責處罰之原則與例外，再就美國經濟間諜法執行及效果，如犯罪之沒收與機密之保存，禁止侵害之民事程序及境外行為之適用，與其他法律的解釋與定義，最後評析EEA實體內容，探求其立法真意是否為避免其他國家相互競爭，因而運作其經濟強勢，實為美國霸權主義之顯現，同時檢討EEA執行時程序運用上之合理性與瑕疵爭議，最後歸納本法之利弊。

英文摘要:

On October 11, 1996, President Clinton signed ”The Economic Espionage Act of 1996” into law. The theft of trade secrets is now a federal criminal offense. This is a major development in the law of trade secrets in the United States and internationally.
The definition of a ”trade secret” in the Act generally tracks the definition of a trade secret in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act but expands the definition of a trade secret to include the new technological ways that trade secrets are created and stored.
In this paper, introducing the definition of ”economic espionage” and the purpose of the espionage activities. Second, The Economic Espionage Act has prohibited acts to the individuals who did the misconducts, and define trade secret; third, discussing the enforceability provisions and the protective orders.
In addition to concerns about protective orders, commentators have raised other issues regarding the enforceability of the statute, as well as the propriety and need for the criminalization of such activities. Finally, making the analysis of the weakness and the strongness of EEA.

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