2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 12 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
Chapter 53 - Trade Secrets
Section 5304 - Damages

     § 5304.  Damages.
        (a)  Monetary damages.--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)  Exemplary damages.--If willful and malicious
     misappropriation exists, the court may award exemplary damages
     in an amount not exceeding twice any award made under subsection
     (a).

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