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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1839. Definitions
As used in this chapter -
(1) the term "foreign instrumentality" means any agency,
bureau, ministry, component, institution, association, or any
legal, commercial, or business organization, corporation, firm,
or entity that is substantially owned, controlled, sponsored,
commanded, managed, or dominated by a foreign government;
(2) the term "foreign agent" means any officer, employee,
proxy, servant, delegate, or representative of a foreign
government;
(3) the term "trade secret" means all forms and types of
financial, business, scientific, technical, economic, or
engineering information, including patterns, plans, compilations,
program devices, formulas, designs, prototypes, methods,
techniques, processes, procedures, programs, or codes, whether
tangible or intangible, and whether or how stored, compiled, or
memorialized physically, electronically, graphically,
photographically, or in writing if -
(A) the owner thereof has taken reasonable measures to keep
such information secret; and
(B) the information derives independent economic value,
actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not
being readily ascertainable through proper means by, the
public; and
(4) the term "owner", with respect to a trade secret, means the
person or entity in whom or in which rightful legal or equitable
title to, or license in, the trade secret is reposed.
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