Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 482B-7

• Misappropriation: means :

  (1) 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

  (2) 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 the person's 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 the person's position, knew or has reason to know that it was a trade secret and that knowledge of it had been acquired by accident or mistake. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482B-2