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practices: (1) Acquisition of information from available public sources such as libraries, including patent office libraries, public government records and published research, studies and reports. (2) Acquisition of information by exerting personal independent efforts to extract information through examination, testing and analysis of products in circulation which incorporate the undisclosed information. (3) Acquisition of information as a result of efforts of scientific research, innovation, invention, development, modification and improvement exerted by persons independently from the owner of undisclosed information. (4) Acquisition and use of known and available information which circulates among those involved in the industrial art within the scope of which the information falls. Article 60 The person who is lawfully in control of undisclosed information, or his successor, may assign such information to third parties, against or without compensation. Article 61 Without prejudice to any more severe punishment stipulated under any other law, any person who uses an illegal means to disclose information protected by the provisions of this Law, acquire or use such an information while aware of its confidentiality and that it was acquired by such illegal means, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than 10,000 pounds and not more than 50,000 pounds. In case of repetition, the punishment shall be an imprisonment for a period of not more than two years and a fine of not less than 50,000 pounds and not more than 100,000 pounds. Article 62 The provisions of Articles 4, 33, 35 and 42 shall apply to this Chapter. 30

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