Sections
12 entriesSection 3426Establishes “Uniform Trade Secrets Act” as the authorized citation for the title. The title may be cited by that name, giving the…Section 3426.1Defines “improper means,” “misappropriation,” “person,” and “trade secret” for the trade-secret title. Improper means include theft, bribery, misrepresentation, secrecy-duty breaches or inducement,…Section 3426.2Allows injunctions against actual or threatened trade-secret misappropriation, but requires termination when the trade secret ceases to exist unless extra time is…Section 3426.3Allows a trade-secret complainant to recover actual loss and any unjust enrichment not already included in that loss. If neither can be…Section 3426.4Allows a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party when a misappropriation claim, injunction-termination motion, or resistance…Section 3426.5Requires a court in an action under the title to preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means. Those…Section 3426.6Sets a three-year deadline for bringing a trade-secret misappropriation action, measured from discovery or when reasonable diligence should have led to discovery.…Section 3426.7Establishes that the title does not displace statutes concerning trade-secret misappropriation or regulation, contractual remedies, non-misappropriation civil remedies, criminal remedies, or public-record…Section 3426.8Requires the trade-secrets title to be applied and construed to carry out its general purpose of making the law uniform on its…Section 3426.9Establishes severability: if a title provision or its application to a person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity does not affect…Section 3426.10Limits the title to misappropriation occurring on or after January 1, 1985. For a continuing misappropriation begun before that date, the title…Section 3426.11Bars treating a voluntary, intentional, owner-unauthorized trade-secret disclosure to an owner’s competitor or potential competitor, or their agent, as privileged when made…