482B-1 Short title
482B-2 Definitions
482B-3 Injunctive relief
482B-4 Damages
482B-5 Attorney’s fees
482B-6 Preservation of secrecy
482B-7 Statute of limitations
482B-8 Effect on other law
482B-9 Severability

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 482B - Trade Secrets

  • Applicant: means the person for whose use and benefit application for services or public assistance is made. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Donor: means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company, unincorporated organization, foundation, estate, trust, or any other person or firm that donates money, real property, goods, or services to a homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part, including members of any governing body, trustees, officers, partners, principals, stockholders, members, managers, employees, contractors, agents of these entities, or any person who was involved with the donation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361
  • Emergency shelter: means a homeless facility designed to provide temporary shelter and appropriate and available services to homeless families or individuals for a specified period of time who are not able to stay in a transitional shelter or reside in a dwelling unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361
  • Homeless: means :

         (1)  An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence; or

         (2)  An individual or family who has a primary night-time residence that is:

              (A)  A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations;

              (B)  An institution that provides temporary residencefor individuals intended to be institutionalized; or

              (C)  A public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as sleeping accommodations for human beings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361

  • Homeless facility: means a development designed to provide shelter for homeless families or individuals pursuant to this part, or to facilitate any other homeless program authorized by this part, and may include emergency or transitional shelters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361
  • Homeless shelter stipend: means a payment to a provider agency from the department to provide temporary shelter and appropriate services for a homeless family or individual at a homeless facility operated or managed by the provider agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361
  • Improper means: includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, or espionage through electronic or other means. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482B-2
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • 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

  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482B-2
  • Provider: means any person or public or private institution, agency or business concern authorized by the department to provide health care, service or supplies to beneficiaries of medical assistance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Provider agency: means an organization, including its governing board, officers, employees, contractors, or agents, contracted by the department to provide labor and services to any homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part that is:

         (1)  A for-profit organization incorporated under the laws of the State; or

         (2)  A nonprofit organization determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from the federal income tax; that has a governing board whose members have no material conflict of interest and who serve without compensation, and that has adopted bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which business is conducted, including policies that relate to nepotism and management of potential conflict of interest situations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361

  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trade secret: means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program device, method, technique, or process that:

         (1)  Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and

         (2)  Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482B-2

  • Transitional shelter: means a homeless facility designed to provide temporary shelter and appropriate and available services for a maximum of twenty-four months to homeless families or individuals qualified by the pertinent provider agency or department to stay in the transitional shelter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.