California Civil Code TITLE 5 - UNIFORM TRADE SECRETS ACT

• Section 3426.
  This title may be cited as the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1724, Sec. 1.)
• Section 3426.1.
  As used in this title, unless the context requires otherwise:(a) “Improper means” includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to...
• Section 3426.2.
  (a) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist,...
• Section 3426.3.
  (a) A complainant may recover damages for the actual loss caused by misappropriation. A complainant also may recover for the unjust enrichment caused by misappropriation that...
• Section 3426.4.
  If a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith, a motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith, or willful...
• Section 3426.5.
  In an action under this title, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include granting protective...
• Section 3426.6.
  An action for misappropriation must be brought within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been...
• Section 3426.7.
  (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, this title does not supersede any statute relating to misappropriation of a trade secret, or any statute otherwise regulating trade...
• Section 3426.8.
  This title shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this title...
• Section 3426.9.
  If any provision of this title or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or...
• Section 3426.10.a.
  This title does not apply to misappropriation occurring prior to January 1, 1985. If a continuing misappropriation otherwise covered by this title began before January...
• Section 3426.11.
  Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 47, in any legislative or judicial proceeding, or in any other official proceeding authorized by law, or in the initiation...

Last modified: October 22, 2018