(1) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court of competent jurisdiction, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time in order to eliminate commercial advantage that otherwise would be derived from the misappropriation.
  (2) If a court determines that it would be unreasonable to prohibit future use of a trade secret, an injunction may condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period of time the use could have been prohibited.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 445.1903

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Misappropriation: means either of the following:
  (i) 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. See Michigan Laws 445.1902
  • Trade secret: means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that is both of the following:
    •   (i) 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. See Michigan Laws 445.1902
      (3) In appropriate circumstances, affirmative acts to protect a trade secret may be compelled by court order.
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