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This Research Paper deals with the study of trade secrets that is under the common law giving a historical background and various definitions given under the common law and study of trade secrets in the major economies of the world. The springboard doctrine, liability of the third parties in the misappropriation matter, exception to the liabilities and remedies that is available for the breach of confidence are also discussed. This will further deal with global legal perspectives of Trade Secret protection. A detailed study of international conventions along with the trade secret Protection laws of various countries will be analysed. In brief we can say that in this Paper, focus is laid upon the international legal framework such as Paris Convention and TRIPS Agreement and will elaborate the WIPO National and Regional Trade Secret Rules and Regulations and a comparison with the Trade Secrets Directive and standards for the Trade secret protection laws will be analysed in order. The aim is to comparatively analyse the position of trade secret protection in India with that of the United States Defend Trade Secrets Act and the European Union Directive.