2025 Code of Georgia
Title 10 - Commerce and Trade (Chs. 1 — 15)
Chapter 1 - Selling and Other Trade Practices (Arts. 1 — 38)
Article 27 - Trade Secrets (§§ 10-1-760 — 10-1-767)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 1990, p. 1560, § 1, effective July 1, 1990, repealed former Article 27 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 and enacted the current article. The former article consisted of Code Section 10-1-760, relating to the definition of a trade secret, and was based on Ga. L. 1989, p. 569, § 1.
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Trade secrets in discovery proceedings, § 9-11-26.
Criminal penalty for theft of trade secrets, § 16-8-13.
Law reviews.For note on 1990 enactment of this article, see 7 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 213 (1990).
For survey article on law relating to intellectual property, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 295 (1990).
For annual survey of appellate practice and procedure, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 61 (2004).
For article, “Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in Georgia,” see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 533 (2009).
For article, “Intellectual Property Checklist for Marketing the Recording Artist Online,” see 18 J. Intell. Prop. L. 541 (2011).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. —Use of Customer List by Former Employee, 3 POF2d 785.
Unfair Competition — Misuse of Trade Secret by Former Employee, 19 POF2d 163.
Abandonment of Trade Secret, 41 POF2d 517.
Misappropriation of Trade Secret under Uniform Trade Secrets Act, 12 POF3d 711.
Misappropriation of Trade Secret under the Restatement of Torts, 14 POF3d 619.
Misuse of Intellectual Property, 37 POF3d 315.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 10
O. C. G. A. Title 10, Ch. 1
