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Section 8

Information on infringing goods; damages for infringement of the duty to provide information

(1) The trade secret holder may demand information from the infringer on the following:

1.  name and address of manufacturers, suppliers and other previous possessors of the infringing goods and the commercial consumers and sales outlets for which they were intended,

2.  the quantity of the infringing goods manufactured, ordered, supplied or received and the sales prices,

3.  the documents, objects, materials, substances or electronic files in the possession or ownership of the infringer, containing or representing the trade secret and

4.  the person from whom he or she obtained the trade secret and to whom he or she has disclosed it.

(2) If the infringer, intentionally or due to gross negligence, does not provide the information or provides it late, incorrectly or incompletely, he or she has an obligation to compensate the trade secret holder for the resulting damage.

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