The Uniform Trade Secrets Act

The act governs the protection of trade secrets and the consequences of their misappropriation, defining what information qualifies for protection and what conduct amounts to improper acquisition, disclosure, or use. It establishes civil remedies for owners — injunctive relief against actual or threatened misappropriation, damages, and attorney's fees in some circumstances — while also treating theft of a trade secret as a criminal offense, and it addresses the effect of posting or disseminating protected information on the Internet. It further supplies a rebuttable presumption that an owner took reasonable steps to keep the information secret, provides for preserving secrecy during proceedings, fixes a limitations period for claims, and sets out how it interacts with other law and remedies.

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