                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS (§ 59.1-336)

As used in this chapter, which may be cited as the Uniform Trade Secrets Act,
unless the context requires otherwise:		&#8220;Improper means&#8221; includes
theft, bribery, misrepresentation, use of a computer or computer network without
authority, breach of a duty or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain
secrecy, or espionage through electronic or other
means.		&#8220;Misappropriation&#8221; means:

1. Acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person who knows or has reason
to know that the trade secret was acquired by improper means; or

2. Disclosure or use of a trade secret of another without express or implied
consent by a person who
			a. Used improper means to acquire knowledge of the trade secret; or			b. At
the time of disclosure or use, knew or had reason to know that his knowledge of
the trade secret was

   1. Derived from or through a person who had utilized improper means to acquire
   it;

   2. Acquired under circumstances giving rise to a duty to maintain its secrecy
   or limit its use;

   3. Derived from or through a person who owed a duty to the person seeking
   relief to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or

   4. Acquired by accident or mistake.
   				&#8220;Person&#8221; means a natural person, corporation, business trust,
   estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government,
   governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal or commercial
   entity.				&#8220;Trade secret&#8221; means information, including but not
   limited to, a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method,
   technique, or process, that:

1. Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being
generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by,
other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and

2. Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to
maintain its secrecy.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 210; 2009, cc. 321, 376.