Opinion ID: 715056
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Heading: Trade Secret Law

Text: 14 Federal courts apply the trade secret law of the appropriate state. See Water Technologies Corp. v. Calco, Ltd., 850 F.2d 660, 670, 7 USPQ2d 1097, 1105 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 968, 109 S.Ct. 498, 102 L.Ed.2d 534 (1988). In the case at bar, we apply the trade secret law of the State of Illinois. This case is governed by the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, enacted in 1988. 765 ILCS § 1065 (West 1995) (formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 140, par. 351-59) (ITSA).