In legal cases where customers are suspected of stealing trade secrets, as professionals, they must strictly abide by the legal and ethical bottom line. The following are principled recommendations that comply with Chinese law, but it should be noted that**No behavior shall violate laws and regulations**： 1. **Principle of legal priority** According to the "Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China" and Article 219 of the Criminal Law, the theft of commercial secrets is an illegal act. First of all, the legal boundaries should be clearly pointed out to the customer, and **Shall not assist in the falsification of evidence or false statements**. 2. **Strict conditions for academic research exemption** -If academic research behavior does exist, the following legal requirements must be met： * The research content does not involve undisclosed business information； * The way to obtain information is legal (such as disclosed data, authorized access)； * The research purpose conforms to the category of "reasonable use" stipulated in Article 24 of the Copyright Law (such as non-profit use for classroom teaching and scientific research). 3. **Evidence chain integrity requirements** Complete academic project establishment documents, ethical review records, proof of data sources and research results (such as preprints of papers) must be provided, and the timeline must be earlier than the alleged incident. 4. **Avoided legal risks** - According to article 307 of the Criminal Code, helping to falsify evidence may constitute a crime； -If a lawyer/agent still defends knowing that it is false, he may violate Article 49 of the Lawyers Law. Recommended response steps： ① Immediately stop any behavior that may be involved in the case； ② It is recommended that customers cooperate with judicial investigations； ③ Apply for information disclosure or expert demonstration through legal channels. Any defense strategy must be based on **factual evidence and legal framework**, and maintaining judicial justice is a basic principle. If you need specific legal assistance, you should recommend that your client entrust a practicing lawyer to deal with it.