HRS §482B-7
Time limit for suing over trade secret theft
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗You have three years from when you find out, or should have found out, that your trade secret was stolen to file a lawsuit. If the theft keeps happening, it counts as one claim, not many.
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The statute, as written — Statute of limitations
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
An action for misappropriation must be brought within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.
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