An action for misappropriation shall be commenced within four 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.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1333.66
Time for commencing action
Known as the Uniform Trade Secrets Act
The act spans §§ 1333–1333 (67 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Kehoe Component Sales Inc. v. Best Lighting Products, Inc. (2015)
Most recently applied in Richard Campfield v. Safelite Group, Inc. (January 2024)
Effective: July 20, 1994; Latest Legislation: House Bill 320 - 120th General Assembly
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: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.