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Section 13

Claim to surrender after limitation occurs

If the infringer acquired, disclosed or used a trade secret intentionally or negligently and, as a result of this breach of a trade secret, obtains something at the expense of the trade secret holder, he or she is obliged under section 10 to surrender any unjust enrichment under the provisions of the German Civil Code, even after the occurrence of limitation of the claim to damages. This claim become time-barred six years after it occurred.

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