An action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.
Fla. Stat. § 688.007
Statute of limitations
Known as the Uniform Trade Secrets Act
The act spans §§ 688–688 (9 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case ABB Turbo Systems AG v. Turbousa, Inc. (2014)
Most recently applied in Edwards v. Apple Computer, Inc. (March 2016)
History.--s. 7, ch. 88-254.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.