(1) Articles 10 through 12 shall not apply to an act by a person who has properly acquired trade secrets through a transaction or uses or discloses the trade secrets within the scope of the rights the person has properly acquired through the transaction.
(2) "Person who has properly acquired trade secrets" in paragraph (1) means a person who has obtained trade secrets without the knowledge and without gross negligence that the trade secrets were improperly disclosed or that an act of improper acquisition or of improper disclosure of the trade secrets occurred when he or she acquired under subparagraph 3 (c) or (f) of Article 2.[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 21, 2007][Title Amended on Mar. 28, 2023]