Private Right of Action Against Theft of Trade Secrets Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2466
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2013-06-20
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Crimes against property

Trade secrets and economic espionage
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Private Right of Action Against Theft of Trade Secrets Act of 2013 - Amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to authorize any person who suffers injury by reason of a violation of prohibitions against the theft of trade secrets to maintain a civil action against the violator for appropriate compensatory damages and injunctive or other equitable relief. </p> <p>Prohibits such an action unless it is begun within two years of the date of the act complained of or the date of the discovery of the damage.</p> <p> Declares that the phrase &quot;without authorization&quot; in such Act's prohibitions shall not mean independent derivation or working backwards from a lawfully obtained known product or service to divine the process which aided its development or manufacture.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2466 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 20, 2013 Ms. Lofgren introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code to provide for strengthened protections against theft of trade secrets, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Private Right of Action Against Theft of Trade Secrets Act of 2013 . 2. Strengthening protooecootion against theft of trade secrets Section 1832 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Any person who suffers injury by reason of a violation of this section may maintain a civil action against the violator to obtain appropriate compensatory damages and injunctive relief or other equitable relief. No action may be brought under this subsection unless such action is begun within 2 years of the date of the act complained of or the date of the discovery of the damage. (d) For purposes of this section, the term without authorization shall not mean independent derivation or working backwards from a lawfully obtained known product or service to divine the process which aided its development or manufacture. .