Code of Alabama - Title 8: Commercial Law and Consumer Protection - Chapter 27 - Alabama Trade Secrets Act

• Section 8-27-1 Short title
  This chapter may be cited as the "Alabama Trade Secrets Act."
• Section 8-27-2 Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) TRADE SECRET. A "trade...
• Section 8-27-3 Misappropriation
  A person who discloses or uses the trade secret of another, without a privilege to do so, is liable to the other for misappropriation of...
• Section 8-27-4 Remedies for actual or threatened misappropriation; intentional remuneration of a third party for misappropriation
  (a) The remedies available for actual or threatened misappropriation of a trade secret are: (1) To the extent that they are not duplicative: a. Such...
• Section 8-27-5 Statute of limitation
  An action for misappropriation must be brought within two years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been
• Section 8-27-6 Effect on other law
  Those provisions of this chapter that are inconsistent with the common law of trade secrets supersede the common law; otherwise, this chapter should be construed...

Last modified: May 3, 2021