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MN Stat § 325B.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325B — Beer Brewers And Wholesalers|Section 325B.14 — Obligations Of Successor.

325B.14 OBLIGATIONS OF SUCCESSOR. A successor shall become obligated to all of the terms and conditions of the agreement in effect on the date of succession. This section applies regardless of the character or form of the succession. A successor has the right to contractually require its wholesalers to comply with operational standards of performance, if the standards are uniformly established for all of the successor's wholesalers and conform to sections 325B.01 to 325B.17. History:  1977 c 328 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 364 s 2
MN Stat § 325B.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325B — Beer Brewers And Wholesalers|Section 325B.15 — Coverage.

325B.15 COVERAGE. The provisions of sections 325B.01 to 325B.17 cover agreements entered into after May 28, 1977. History:  1977 c 328 s 15; 1987 c 346 s 2
MN Stat § 325B.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325B — Beer Brewers And Wholesalers|Section 325B.16 — Right Of Free Association.

325B.16 RIGHT OF FREE ASSOCIATION. No brewer or wholesaler shall restrict or inhibit, directly or indirectly, the right of free association among brewers or wholesalers for any lawful purpose. History:   1977 c 328 s 16
MN Stat § 325B.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325B — Beer Brewers And Wholesalers|Section 325B.17 — Relation To Prior Law.

325B.17 RELATION TO PRIOR LAW. Sections 325B.01 to 325B.17 supplement and do not supersede any prior law. If they are found to be inconsistent with prior law, the prior law shall govern. History:   1977 c 328 s 17
MN Stat § 325C.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325C — Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 325C.01 — Definitions.

325C.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 325C.01 to 325C.07, the terms defined in these sections have the meanings given them, unless the context requires otherwise. Subd. 2. Improper means. "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. Subd. 3. Misappropriation. "Misappropriation" means: (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; or (ii) 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 discloser's or user'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 discloser's or user's position, knew or had reason to know that it was a trade secret and that knowledge of it had been acquired by accident or mistake. Subd. 4. Person. "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. Subd. 5. Trade secret. "Trade secret" means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that: (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, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy. The existence of a trade secret is not negated merely because an employee or other person has acquired the trade secret without express or specific notice that it is a trade secret if, under all the circumstances, the employee or other person knows or has reason to know that the owner intends or expects the secrecy of the type of information comprising the trade secret to be maintained. History:  1980 c 594 s 3; 1985 c 196 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 325C.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325C — Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 325C.02 — Injunctive Relief.

325C.02 INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, 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. (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. (c) In appropriate circumstances, affirmative acts to protect a trade secret may be compelled by court order. History:  1980 c 594 s 4; 1987 c 1 s 1
MN Stat § 325C.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325C — Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 325C.03 — Damages.

325C.03 DAMAGES. (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. (b) If willful and malicious misappropriation exists, the court may award exemplary damages in an amount not exceeding twice any award made under paragraph (a). History:  1980 c 594 s 5; 1987 c 1 s 2
MN Stat § 325C.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325C — Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 325C.04 — Attorney's Fees.

325C.04 ATTORNEY'S FEES. If (i) a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith, (ii) a motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith, or (iii) willful and malicious misappropriation exists, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party. History:   1980 c 594 s 6
MN Stat § 325C.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325C — Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 325C.05 — Preservation Of Secrecy.

325C.05 PRESERVATION OF SECRECY. In an action under sections 325C.01 to 325C.07, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings, holding in-camera hearings, sealing the records of the action, and ordering any person involved in the litigation not to disclose an alleged trade secret without prior court approval. History:   1980 c 594 s 7
MN Stat § 325C.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325C — Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 325C.06 — Statute Of Limitations.

325C.06 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. An action for misappropriation must be brought within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim. History:   1980 c 594 s 8
MN Stat § 325C.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325C — Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 325C.07 — Effect On Other Law.

325C.07 EFFECT ON OTHER LAW. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), sections 325C.01 to 325C.07 displace conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law of this state providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret. (b) Sections 325C.01 to 325C.07 do 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. History:  1980 c 594 s 9; 1987 c 1 s 3
MN Stat § 325C.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325C — Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 325C.08 — Short Title.

325C.08 SHORT TITLE. Sections 325C.01 to 325C.07 may be cited as the "Uniform Trade Secrets Act." History:   1980 c 594 s 10
MN Stat § 325D.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.02 — Application.

325D.02 APPLICATION. Section 325D.03 shall apply only to the manufacture, production, or distribution of any commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchandise in general use or consumption. Sections 325D.04 to 325D.06 shall apply only to the selling, offering, or advertising for sale, giving away or offering or advertising the intent to give away of any commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchandise, in wholesale or retail trade. History:  (3976-37, 3976-40) 1937 c 116 pt 1 s 1; 1937 c 116 pt 2 s 1
MN Stat § 325D.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.03 — Discrimination Unlawful.

325D.03 DISCRIMINATION UNLAWFUL. Any person, partnership, firm, or corporation, foreign or domestic, doing business in the state and engaged in the production, manufacture, or distribution of any printed or mimeograph matter, commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchandise in general use or consumption, who for the purpose or with the effect of injuring a competitor or destroying competition, shall discriminate between different sections, communities, or cities of this state by selling or furnishing such commodity, article, goods, wares or merchandise at a lower price, or rate in one section, community, or city, or any portion thereof, than such person, firm, or corporation, foreign or domestic, charges for such commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchandise in another section, community, or city, or any portion thereof, after making allowance for difference, if any, in the grade, quality, or quantity after equalizing the distance from the point of production, manufacture, or distribution and freight rates therefrom, shall be guilty of unfair discrimination; provided, that sections 325D.01 to 325D.07 shall not prevent any person, firm, or corporation from, in good faith, meeting local competition within any one section, community, or city. The inhibition hereof against locality discrimination shall embrace any scheme of special rebates, collateral contracts, or any device of any nature whereby such discrimination is, in substance or fact, effected in violation of the spirit and intent of sections 325D.01 to 325D.07. History:  (3976-38) 1937 c 116 pt 1 s 2; 1957 c 822 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 325D.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.04 — Selling Below Cost Forbidden.

325D.04 SELLING BELOW COST FORBIDDEN. Any retailer, wholesaler, subjobber or vending machines operator engaged in business within this state, who sells, offers for sale or advertises for sale, any commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchandise at less than the cost thereof to such vendor, or gives, offers to give or advertises the intent to give away any commodity, article, goods, wares, or merchandise for the purpose or with the effect of injuring a competitor or destroying competition, shall be guilty of unfair discrimination; and, upon conviction, subject to the penalty therefor provided in section 325D.071. Any retailer, wholesaler, subjobber or vending machines operator who sells goods in any part of this state at prices lower than those exacted by the person elsewhere in the state for like qualities and grades and where the effect of such lower prices may be substantially to lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of business, or to injure, destroy, or prevent competition with the person selling at such lower prices, shall be guilty of unfair competition and subject to the penalties of section 325D.071; provided, that nothing shall prevent differentials in prices in different localities which make only due allowances for differences in "cost of doing business" or "overhead expense" and in costs of delivery for such goods to different localities; nor differences in prices in an endeavor made in good faith to meet the legal prices of a competitor selling the same commodity, articles, goods, wares or merchandise in the same locality or trade area. The inhibition against sales below cost or locality discrimination shall embrace any scheme of special rebates, collateral contracts, or any device of any nature whereby such discrimination is, in substance or fact, effected in violation of the spirit and intent of sections 325D.01 to 325D.07. History:  (3976-41) 1937 c 116 pt 2 s 2; 1939 c 403 s 1; 1941 c 326 s 1; 1957 c 822 s 2; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 325D.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.05 — Bankrupt Sales Not To Be Considered In Fixing Costs.

325D.05 BANKRUPT SALES NOT TO BE CONSIDERED IN FIXING COSTS. In establishing the cost of a given article, goods, wares, or merchandise to the vendor, the invoice cost of the article, goods, wares, or merchandise purchased at a forced, bankrupt, closeout, or other sale outside of the ordinary channels of trade may not be used as a basis for justifying a price lower than one based upon the replacement cost as of date of the sale of the article, goods, wares, or merchandise replaced through the ordinary channels of trade, unless the article, goods, wares, or merchandise is kept separate from goods purchased in the ordinary channels of trade and unless the article, goods, wares, or merchandise is advertised and sold as merchandise purchased at a forced, bankrupt, or closeout sale, or by means other than through the ordinary channels of trade, and the advertising shall state the conditions under which the goods were so purchased and the quantity of such merchandise to be sold or offered for sale. History:  (3976-43) 1937 c 116 pt 2 s 4
MN Stat § 325D.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.06 — Inapplicable Sales.

325D.06 INAPPLICABLE SALES. The provisions of sections 325D.01, subdivisions 2 to 6; 325D.04; and 325D.05 shall not apply to any sale made: (1) in closing out in good faith the owner's stock, or any part thereof, for the purpose of discontinuing trade in any such stock or commodity, and in case of the sale of seasonal goods or merchandise where style is the paramount feature or to the bona fide sale of perishable goods to prevent loss to the vendor by spoilage or depreciation, provided notice is given to the public thereof; (2) when the goods are damaged or deteriorated in quality, and notice is given to the public thereof; (3) by an officer acting under the orders of any court; (4) in an endeavor made in good faith to meet the legal prices of a competitor selling the same commodity, articles, goods, wares, or merchandise in the same locality or trade area. History:  (3976-45) 1937 c 116 pt 2 s 6; 1939 c 403 s 3; 1941 c 326 s 3; 1957 c 822 s 3; 1967 c 302 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 73 s 1
MN Stat § 325D.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.07 — Remedies Cumulative.

325D.07 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. The remedies herein provided shall be cumulative to all other remedies provided by law. History:  (3976-48) 1937 c 116 pt 3 s 3; 1939 c 403 s 6
MN Stat § 325D.071 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.071 — Violations; Penalties.

325D.071 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, officer, or director, for itself, or for another person, firm, or corporation, willfully violating the provisions of sections 325D.03, 325D.04, and 325D.05 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who, either as director, officer, or agent of any firm or corporation or as agent of any person violating the provisions of sections 325D.03, 325D.04, and 325D.05, knowingly assists or aids directly or indirectly in such violation shall be equally responsible therefor. History:  1929 c 300 s 4; 1937 c 116 pt 3 s 1; 1937 c 196 s 4; 1937 c 412 s 9; 1939 c 403 s 4; 1941 c 326 s 4; 1961 c 561 s 10; 1973 c 151 s 3; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 71
MN Stat § 325D.072 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.072 — Injunctive Relief.

325D.072 INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. In addition to the penalties provided in section 325D.071, the courts of this state are hereby vested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of sections 325D.02 to 325D.07. Any person, partnership, corporation, or association damaged, or who is threatened with loss or injury, by reason of a violation of these sections shall be entitled to sue for and have injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction against any damage or threatened loss or injury by reason of a violation thereof and for the amount of the actual damages, if any. In order to obtain such injunctive relief it shall not be necessary to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, contracts, agreements, and documents in any case or proceedings instituted or brought under the provisions of sections 325D.02 to 325D.072, or in obedience to a subpoena, in any such case or proceedings, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of the person may tend to criminate or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, in any such case or proceedings, or in obedience to a subpoena, in any such case or proceedings. History:  1937 c 116 pt 3 s 2; 1939 c 403 s 5; 1941 c 326 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 72
MN Stat § 325D.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.09 — Unlawful Trade Practices.

325D.09 UNLAWFUL TRADE PRACTICES. The legislature of the state of Minnesota hereby finds: that the trade practices defined and prohibited by sections 325D.09 to 325D.16 are detrimental to labor, destructive to employment, and injurious to the best interests of workers; that they mislead consumers into believing that they are buying merchandise at prices substantially below regular retail prices, when in fact they are not; that they mislead consumers as to the quality, ingredients and origin of merchandise purchased; that they deprive consumers of various customer services offered by regularly established and bona fide retail outlets without compensating advantage to consumers; and that they constitute unfair and fraudulent competition and unsound and uneconomic methods of distribution. The legislature, acting in the exercise of the police power of the state, declares that the public policy of the state requires, and that the general welfare of the state will be benefited by, the suppression of the trade practices hereinafter defined. History:  1943 c 144 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 325D.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.10 — Definitions.

325D.10 DEFINITIONS. When used in sections 325D.09 to 325D.16: (a) The term "person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other organization, whether organized for profit or not. (b) The term "employer" includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee. (c) "Sale" or "sell" includes any sale, offer, or advertisement thereof or contract for the same. (d) "Sale of merchandise at retail" includes any sale except (1) A sale for the purpose of resale or (2) a sale of a substantial quantity of merchandise for business use only. History:   1943 c 144 s 2
MN Stat § 325D.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.11 — Certain Unlawful Trade Practices.

325D.11 CERTAIN UNLAWFUL TRADE PRACTICES. It shall be an unlawful trade practice for any seller or transferor of any goods, wares, or merchandise to advertise, claim or imply that any sale or transfer of goods, wares, or merchandise is a sale or transfer at wholesale, unless such sale or transfer is made to a transferee for resale or is a sale of a substantial quantity of merchandise for business use only. History:   1943 c 144 s 3
MN Stat § 325D.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.12 — Retailers Not To Misrepresent Nature Of Business.

325D.12 RETAILERS NOT TO MISREPRESENT NATURE OF BUSINESS. (1) No person engaged in the sale of merchandise at retail shall, in connection with such business, misrepresent the true nature of such business, either by use of the words manufacturer, wholesaler, broker, or any derivative thereof or synonym therefor, or otherwise. (2) No person shall, in connection with the sale of merchandise at retail misrepresent, directly or indirectly, that the price at which such merchandise is sold is an approximately wholesale price, or is less than the usual retail price, either by the use of any such expression, or of any expression having a similar meaning, or otherwise misrepresent the true nature of such sale. (3) No person shall, in connection with the sale of merchandise at retail, or in, or in connection with the use of, samples, catalogs, or other forms of advertising listing merchandise for sale at retail, display price tags or price quotations in any form showing prices which are fictitiously in excess of the actual prices at which such merchandise is regularly and customarily sold at retail by such person or by the person issuing such samples, catalogs, or other forms of advertising. History:   1943 c 144 s 4
MN Stat § 325D.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade|Section 325D.13 — Quality, Misrepresented.

325D.13 QUALITY, MISREPRESENTED. No person shall, in connection with the sale of merchandise, knowingly misrepresent, directly or indirectly, the true quality, ingredients or origin of such merchandise. History:   1943 c 144 s 5