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UTSA prohibits the misappropriation of the trade secret

April 27, 2014 by Owen Gallagher

(2)   “Misappropriation”,

         (i)    acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person who knows or who has reason to know that the trade secret was acquired by improper means; or

        (ii)    disclosure or use of a trade secret of another without that person’s express or implied consent by a person who

        (A)    used improper means to acquire knowledge of the trade secret or

        (B)    at the time of his disclosure or use, knew or had reason to know that his knowledge of the trade secret was

             [I]   derived from or through a person who had utilized improper means to acquire it;

             [II]    acquired under circumstances giving rise to a duty to limit its acquisition, disclosure or use; or

             [III]   derived from or through a person who owed a duty to the person seeking relief to limit its acquisition, disclosure or use; or

       (C)   before a material change of his or her position, knew or had reason to know that it was a trade secret and that knowledge of it had been acquired by accident or mistake.

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