Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 60-3325

• Misappropriation: means :

  (i) 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

  (ii) 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

  (I) derived from or through a person who had utilized improper means to acquire it;

  (II) acquired under circumstances giving rise to a duty to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or

  (III) derived from or through a person who owed a duty to the person seeking relief to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or

  (C) 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 Kansas Statutes 60-3320