Compensatory damages are a type of monetary relief, not injunctive relief.

All of the above elements must be shown in order to obtain a preliminary injunction.

A permanent injunction may be granted to both prevent future misappropriation and restore the plaintiff to the position they would have been in if the misappropriation had not occurred.

Compensatory damages are intended to both compensate the plaintiff for their losses and punish the defendant for their wrongful conduct.

Punitive damages may be awarded when the defendant's conduct was willful and malicious and/or when the defendant's conduct caused significant harm to the plaintiff.

A court may order the defendant to both deliver up the misappropriated trade secrets and destroy the misappropriated trade secrets.

The plaintiff's emotional distress is not a factor that a court may consider when determining the appropriate amount of damages to award in a misappropriation case.

The statute of limitations in a misappropriation case begins to run when any of the following occurs: the misappropriation occurs, the plaintiff discovers the misappropriation, or the plaintiff suffers damages as a result of the misappropriation.

Laches is not a defense to a misappropriation claim.

Independent development is a defense to a misappropriation claim when the defendant created the trade secret independently of the plaintiff and had no access to the plaintiff's trade secret.

Reverse engineering is a defense to a misappropriation claim when the defendant lawfully obtained the plaintiff's product and independently created the plaintiff's product through a process of reverse engineering.

An implied license to use a trade secret may be created when any of the following occurs: the plaintiff and defendant have a confidential relationship, the plaintiff discloses the trade secret to the defendant in confidence, or the defendant uses the trade secret with the plaintiff's permission.

The plaintiff's likelihood of success on the merits is not a factor that a court may consider when determining whether to grant an injunction in a misappropriation case.

In a misappropriation case, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff.