{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-365.880","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 365.880","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in KRS 365.880 to 365.900, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(1) \"Improper means\" includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement\nof a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, or espionage through electronic or other\nmeans;\n(2) \"Misappropriation\" means:\n(a) Acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person who knows or has reason\nto know that the trade secret was acquired by improper means; or\n(b) Disclosure or use of a trade secret of another without express or implied\nconsent by a person who:\n1. Used improper means to acquire knowledge of the trade secret; or\n2. At the time of disclosure or use, knew or had reason to know that his\nknowledge of the trade secret was:\na. Derived from or through a person who had utilized improper\nmeans to acquire it;\nb. Acquired under circumstances giving rise to a duty to maintain its\nsecrecy or limit its use; or\nc. Derived from or through a person who owed a duty to the person\nseeking relief to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or\n3. Before a material change of his position, knew or had reason to know\nthat it was a trade secret and that knowledge of it had been acquired by\naccident or mistake.\n(3) \"Person\" means a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust,\npartnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or\nagency, or any other legal or commercial entity.\n(4) \"Trade secret\" means information, including a  formula, pattern, compilation,\nprogram, data, device, method, technique, or process, that:\n(a) Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being\ngenerally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by,\nother persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure  or use, and\n(b) Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to\nmaintain its secrecy.","path":["KRS Chapter 365"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=34868","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:02Z","sha256":"f99363eeda3c0ef3ed4a73716cb9a133b52a2354fbe106a22eb05bf2e595fac7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-365.875","next":"us-ky/krs-365.882"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}