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Florida Statute 688.007 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 688.007 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 688.007 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
688.007 Statute of limitations.An action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 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.
History.s. 7, ch. 88-254.

Cases Citing F.S. 688.007

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·Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. v. Dole Food Co., Inc., 136 F. Supp. 2d 1271 (S.D. Fla. 2001).

Cited 26 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8930, 2001 WL 300779

...Whether Del Monte's Claim is Barred by the Statute of Limitations Dole's final argument in support of its motion to dismiss count II of Del Monte's complaint is that the claim for misappropriation is barred by the applicable statute of limitations. Section 688.007 of the Florida Statutes provides, "An action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered." According to Dole, Del...
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·Knights Armament Co. v. Optical Sys. Tech., Inc., 654 F.3d 1179 (11th Cir. 2011).

Cited 3 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 100 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1061, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18324, 2011 WL 3889156

...Fla. Stat. §§ 688.002(2). FUTSA also provides that “[a]n action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered.” Fla. Stat. § 688.007. KAC asserts that the three-year statute of limitations had run....
...early as April 2003, or, at least by mid-2004. Therefore, KAC contends, as OSTI did not file its initial counterclaim until December 21, 2007, more than three years 8 after the period April 2003 to mid-2004, it is time-barred.10 Fla. Stat. § 688.007. OSTI counters that, although it had heard rumors in the marketplace, and, it had suspicions about KAC’s alleged misappropriation of its trade secrets, it was not until March 2006, that it actually discovered KAC’s misconduct...
...We agree. OSTI filed its original counterclaim on December 21, 2007. If OSTI knew, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, of KAC’s alleged trade secret misappropriation before December 21, 2004, OSTI’s claims would be barred by the FUTSA’s statute of limitations. See Fla. Stat. § 688.007. In OSTI’s verified third supplemental response to KAC’s Interrogatory 21, KAC requested that OSTI indicate when it became aware of KAC’s alleged misappropriation of its trade secrets....
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·Knights Armament Co. v. Optical Sys. Tech., Inc., 636 F. Supp. 2d 1283 (M.D. Fla. 2009).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65595, 2009 WL 2137163

...Stat. § 688.002(2). Finally, Florida's UTSA provides that "[a]n action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered." Fla. Stat. § 688.007....
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·Edwards v. Apple Comput., Inc., 645 F. App'x 849 (11th Cir. 2016).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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Knights Armament Co. v. Omnitech Partners (11th Cir. 2011).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...Fla. Stat. §§ 688.002(2). FUTSA also provides that “[a]n action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered.” Fla. Stat. § 688.007. KAC asserts that the three-year statute of limitations had run....
...early as April 2003, or, at least by mid-2004. Therefore, KAC contends, as OSTI did not file its initial counterclaim until December 21, 2007, more than three years 8 after the period April 2003 to mid-2004, it is time-barred.10 Fla. Stat. § 688.007. OSTI counters that, although it had heard rumors in the marketplace, and, it had suspicions about KAC’s alleged misappropriation of its trade secrets, it was not until March 2006, that it actually discovered KAC’s misconduct...
...We agree. OSTI filed its original counterclaim on December 21, 2007. If OSTI knew, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, of KAC’s alleged trade secret misappropriation before December 21, 2004, OSTI’s claims would be barred by the FUTSA’s statute of limitations. See Fla. Stat. § 688.007. In OSTI’s verified third supplemental response to KAC’s Interrogatory 21, KAC requested that OSTI indicate when it became aware of KAC’s alleged misappropriation of its trade secrets....

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