Alabama Codes

Title 8 - Commercial Law And Consumer Protection

Chapter 1 - 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Section 8-27-4 Remedies for actual or threatened misappropriation
    The remedies available for actual or threatened misappropriation of a trade secret are:
    (1) To the extent that they are not duplicative:
    ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...