CHAPTER 80
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 160
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCE AND TRADE, THE UNIFORM TRADE SECRETS ACT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section I. Amend § 2002(b) Title 6, Delaware Code by striking said subsection in its entirety and substituting the following as § 2002(b):
"(b) In exceptional circumstances, an injunction may condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period of time for which use could have been prohibited. Exceptional circumstances include, but are not limited to, a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation that renders a prohibitive injunction inequitable."
Section 2. Amend § 2003(a), Title 6, Delaware Code by striking said subsection in its entirety and substituting the following as § 2003(a):
"(a) Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation renders a monetary recovery inequitable, a complainant is entitled to recover damages for misappropriation. Damages can include both the actual loss caused by misappropriation and the unjust enrichment caused by misappropriation that is not taken into account in computing actual loss. In lieu of damages measured by any other methods, the damages caused by misappropriation may be measured by imposition of liability for a reasonable royalty for a misappropriator's unauthorized disclosure or use of a trade secret."
Section 3. Amend § 2007, Title 6, Delaware Code by striking said section in its entirety and substituting the following as § 2007:
"§ 2007 Effect on other law.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter displaces conflicting tort,
restitutionary, and other law of this State providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret.
(b) This chapter does not affect:
(1) contractual remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret;
(2) other civil remedies that are not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; or
(3) criminal remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret."
Section 4, If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.
Section 5. This Act shall be effective upon its enactment.
Approved June 25, 1997