California Court of Appeal

Under Penal Code section 499c, prohibiting misappropriation of a trade secret, the government must prove that the defendant acted with specific intent, which requires evidence that defendant understood the nature of the information as a trade secret.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/16/2001
• Published 01/16/2001

Judges

• WUNDERLICH, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Frank R. Ubhaus,William E. Adams, Jamie L.B. Braga, Berliner Cohen, San Jose, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David Druliner, Chief Asst. Atty. General, Ronald A. Bass, Senior Asst. Atty. General, Ronald E. Niver, Supervising Deputy Atty. General, Clifford K. Thompson, Juliet B. Haley, Deputy Atty. General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.