Terms Used In South Carolina Code 39-8-130

• Misappropriation: means :
  
  (a) acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person by improper means;
  
  (b) 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
  
  (c) disclosure or use of a trade secret of another without express or implied consent by a person who:
  
  (i) used improper means to acquire knowledge of the trade secret; or
  
  (ii) 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;
  
  (B) acquired by mistake or 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
  
  (iii) 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. See South Carolina Code 39-8-20