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Act No. LXXXVI of 1990 on the Prohibition of Unfair Market Practice, Hungary

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Year of Version 1990 Dates Entry into force: January 1, 1991 Adopted: November 20, 1990 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Competition, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Other, Industrial Property Notes The notification by Hungary to the WTO under article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'The Law provides for the protection of the freedom and the fairness of competition. It prohibits, inter alia, the abuse of trade secrets, the limitation of competition by contracts, the use of misleading indications in the course of trade and unfair comparison in advertisements.
The Law provides for the protection of undisclosed information. It prohibits the use of a business secret in an unfair manner and it prohibits to disclose it to others without authorization.'

Date of entry into force: See Article 67 for further details.

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Act No. LVII of 1996 on the Prohibition of Unfair Market Practices and Restriction of Competition (consolidated text of January 1, 2019) (HU127)

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