Abstract :
Food and beverage franchise is one of the thriving businesses in Indonesia because it is
considered as a way to do profitable instant business. In the food and beverage industry,
one of the most important elements is trade secrets, which includes recipes, used tools,
methods and standards in processing and serving the products. In practice, all food and
beverage franchises agreements have one or several articles governing the provisions
regarding the granting of the trade secrets rights and violations of trade secrets. However,
in reality, it turns out that the regulation of trade secrets in a franchise agreement is not
as detailed and complex as that. This research will discuss the regulation of trade secrets
in the Indonesian legal system, as well as the form of legal protection for trade secrets in
the Cocoyo franchise agreement. This research uses the Normative Legal Research
method in which this study will examine some written regulations regarding franchising
and trade secrets. Regarding the regulation of trade secrets in the Indonesian legal system,
this research will analyze Law No. 30 of 2000 (UU Rahasia Dagang) concerning trade
secrets as it is the only law in respect of trade secrets in the Indonesian legal system. This
research will also analyze the forms of legal protection provided by the trade secret law.
As for the legal protection of trade secrets in the Cocoyo franchise agreement, this
research will analyze whether its trade secrets are protected by the trade secrets law or
not, and other laws that bind the Cocoyo franchise agreement