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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.

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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.

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.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.