Section 145a

In patent litigation, with the exception of the independent taking of evidence and in compulsory licence proceedings pursuant to section 81 (1) sentence 1, sections 16 to 20 of the Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets of 18 April 2019 (Gesetz zum Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen vom 18. April 2019) (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 466) apply accordingly. ʻInformation relating to the matter in disputeʼ within the meaning of section 16 (1) of the Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets means all the information introduced into the proceedings by the claimant and the defendant.