600A.035 - Theft of trade secrets prohibited; criminal penalties. - Nevada Statutes

600A.035  Theft of trade secrets prohibited; criminal penalties.  A person who, with intent to injure an owner of a trade secret or with reason to believe that his or her actions will injure an owner of a trade secret, without limitation:

      1.  Steals, misappropriates, takes or conceals a trade secret or obtains a trade secret through fraud, artifice or deception;

      2.  Wrongfully copies, duplicates, sketches, draws, photographs, alters, destroys, photocopies, replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, communicates or conveys a trade secret;

      3.  Receives, buys or possesses a trade secret with knowledge or reason to know that the trade secret was obtained as described in subsection 1 or 2;

      4.  Attempts to commit an offense described in subsection 1, 2 or 3;

      5.  Solicits another person to commit an offense described in subsection 1, 2 or 3; or

      6.  Conspires to commit an offense described in subsection 1, 2 or 3, and one of the conspirators performs an act to further the conspiracy,

Ê is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 10 years and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 2100)