블록체인을 활용한 영업비밀의 보호방안 연구: 영업비밀 원본증명서비스를 중심으로

Abstract

Trade secret is the most essential technology for corporate's survival. And this protection of trade secret is an important factor in the development of the corporate. So there are several laws and systems for protecting trade secrets. Among them, the trade secret original certification service confirms the existence of original and the time of possession of trade secrets (electronic document) through its unique electronic fingerprint (hash value) extracted from the trade secret and time information from the public certification authority. The advantage of this service is that it made without details of the corporate's trade secret, thereby reducing the burden on the corporate and making it affordable. However, If a leak of trade secret occurs, it is only a means of proving the possession time of the trade secret. And electronic document contents which electronic fingerprint of the trade secret original certification service is extracted will only presuming that it is consistent with the corporate’s trade secret contents. These problems will eventually act as a limit of the deduction ability. Therefore, in this study, we tried to identify and solve the limitations of the current trade secret original certification service by utilizing Blockchain. Specifically, we proposed a service management method through a public authority organization by storing the trade secret in a block like ‘the Private Blockchain’ and ‘the Consortium Blockchain’ among the types of blockchains. This makes it possible to reduce the burden of proof responsibility on the trade secret. Furthermore, It could be used as a means of protecting the trade secret by utilizing the advantages of the blockchain.