The EU Trade Secrets Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council, OJ L 157/1) was adopted on 8 June 2016, and member states were required to comply with it by 9 June 2018. Before the directive some member states had fragmented laws with varying levels for protecting trade secrets across the EU. The directive aimed to harmonize the law on this matter. Some member states introduced new trade secrets laws in order to implement the directive whereas others implemented it by amending their existing legislation.

The book, edited by Schovsbo, Minssen and Riis primarily studies the national implementations of the directive in various member states and the issues that arose from implementing them. The authors, who include leading legal scholars, cover a wide range of specializations in the legal aspects of trade secrets protection and its impact on different segments of research and development, such as the information technology sector or collaborative research involving public research bodies.

Among the traits of the book are that it is written in clear and concise language and that the authors took the additional step of providing a basic background on EU law before discussing the details of the directive, which makes this book an important source for those who may not have an extensive knowledge of EU law relevant to the protection of trade secrets.

If we look at some of the specific chapters of the book, the chapter by Sandeen titled ‘Through the Looking Glass: Trade Secret Harmonization as a Reflection of US Law’ deserves a special mention. This chapter provides an in‐depth comparative analysis of the development of trade secrets protection in the USA and how it had been reflected in the EU harmonization process. The chapter is important because it shows that the European implementation of trade secrets protection has benefited from the US experience in terms of potential issues and overcoming them.

Udsen, Schovsbo and van der Donk's chapter looking at trade secrets law as part of information law is one that starts with great ambition and a promising perspective on the protection of trade secrets. However, the analysis on rights does not provide adequate insights on where in the theory of rights trade secrets law is located. The approach is enlightening and can shift the direction in which trade secrets law is perceived yet may need to be elaborated upon elsewhere within a framework of the theory of rights.

All in all, the book, with 15 chapters co‐authored by 18 contributors, fulfils an important task in providing a comprehensive context for the directive and effectively clarifies the reasons why the protection of trade secrets is – and must be – part of the EU harmonization agenda.

2016年6月8日通过了欧盟商业秘密指令（欧洲议会和理事会指令（EU）2016/943，OJ L 157/1），要求成员国在2018年6月9日之前遵守该指令。该指令一些成员国制定了零散的法律，在整个欧盟范围内保护商业秘密的程度各不相同。该指令旨在协调有关这一问题的法律。一些成员国为了实施该指令而引入了新的商业秘密法，而其他一些成员国则通过修改其现有立法来实施该指令。

该书由Schovsbo，Minssen和Riis编辑，主要研究了该指令在各个成员国的国家实施以及实施这些准则所产生的问题。作者包括著名的法律学者，涵盖了商业秘密保护法律方面的广泛专业知识及其对研究和开发的不同领域的影响，例如信息技术领域或涉及公共研究机构的合作研究。

本书的特点之一是用简洁明了的语言编写，并且作者在讨论该指令的细节之前采取了额外的步骤，为欧盟法律提供了基本背景知识，这使本书成为那些了解该指令的人的重要资料。可能不具备与保护商业秘密有关的欧盟法律的广泛知识。

如果我们看一下本书中的某些特定章节，那么值得一提的是Sandeen撰写的名为“通过窥视镜：商业秘密协调作为美国法律的反映”的一章。本章对美国商业秘密保护的发展以及如何将其反映在欧盟协调进程中进行了深入的比较分析。本章很重要，因为它表明欧洲在商业秘密保护方面的实施已从美国在潜在问题和克服问题方面的经验中受益。

Udsen，Schovsbo和van der Donk的一章将商业秘密法作为信息法的一部分，这是从雄心勃勃和对商业秘密保护的有前途的观点开始的一章。但是，对权利的分析并没有提供足够的见解，以了解在权利理论中商业秘密法的位置。这种方法很有启发性，可以改变人们对商业秘密法的认识，但是可能需要在权利理论的框架内的其他地方进行阐述。

总而言之，这本书共15章，由18位撰稿人共同撰写，它在为指令提供全面背景方面完成了一项重要任务，并有效地阐明了保护商业秘密的原因-并且必须成为欧盟的一部分。协调议程。