Act 2
Trade Secrets Protection Act
2009
the disclosure, acquisition or use of confidential information.
2. Interpretation.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“acquisition” means the act by which a person acquires or procures
property in anything;
“court” means the High Court;
“disclosure” means an act of disclosing or revealing information
which is secret or generally unknown;
“person” means an individual or a legal or juridical entity;
“trade secret” means information including but not limited to a
formula, pattern, compilation, program, method, technique, or
process, or information contained or embodied in a product,
device or mechanism which—
(a) is, or may be used in a trade or business;
(b) is not generally known in that trade or business;
(c) has economic value from not being generally known;
and
(d) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the
circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
PART II—PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS
3. Right to prevent disclosure, acquisition or use of trade secrets.
A person has the right to prevent information lawfully within his or her
control from being disclosed to or acquired, or used by others without his or
her consent, in a manner contrary to honest commercial practice.
4.
Conditions for protection.
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