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Restatement (First) of Torts § 757 - Liability for Disclosure or Use of Another’s Trade Secret—General Principle (© American Law Institute 1939-2010), United States of America

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Year of Version 1939 Dates Adopted: May 13, 1939 Type of Text IP Legal Literature Subject Matter Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets) Notes - This excerpt has been reproduced with the express permission of the American Law Institute © 1939-2010 (all rights reserved).
- The American Law Institute publishes the “Restatements of the Law” treatises (under specific legal topics like torts) as scholarly refinements of U.S. black letter law. Section 757 of the First Restatement of Torts summarizes the standard of liability relating to the use of undisclosed information in most U.S. jurisdictions. © ALI 1939-2010


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