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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 417.056

Prohibited acts — civil action for damages, when

Known as the The Missouri Uniform Trade Secrets Act

The act spans §§ 417–417 (64 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Balducci Publications (1994)

Most recently applied in Sensient Technologies Corp. v. SensoryEffects Flavor Co. (July 2010)

Effective: 28 Aug 1973; (L. 1973 H.B. 281 § 11)

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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.

Subject to the provisions of section 417.066, any person who shall:

(1) Use, without the consent of the registrant, any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a mark registered under sections 417.005 to 417.066 in connection with the sale, offering for sale, or advertising of any goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive as to the source of origin of such goods or services; or

(2) Reproduce, counterfeit, copy or colorably imitate any such mark and apply such reproduction, counterfeit, copy or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles, or advertisements intended to be used upon or in conjunction with the sale or other distribution in this state of such goods or services;

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.