Okla. Stat. tit. 78, § 78-86: Definitions

As used in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, unless the context

requires otherwise:

1. "Improper means" includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation,

breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, or

espionage through electronic or other means.

2. "Misappropriation" means:

a. 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

b. disclosure or use of a trade secret of another without

express or implied consent by a person who:

(1) used improper means to acquire knowledge of the

trade secret; or

(2) at the time of disclosure or use, knew or had

reason to know that his knowledge of the trade

secret was:

(a) derived from or through a person who had

utilized improper means to acquire it; or

(b) acquired under circumstances giving rise to

a duty to maintain its secrecy or limit its

use; or

(c) derived from or through a person who owed a

duty to the person seeking relief to

maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or

(3) before a material change of his position, knew or

had reason to know that it was a trade secret and that

knowledge of it had been acquired by accident or

mistake.

3. "Person" 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.

4. "Trade secret" means information, including a formula,

pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process,

that:

a. 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

b. is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under

the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.