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Wash. Rev. Code § 19.108.060 (2026)

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An action for misappropriation must be brought within three 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.
[ 1981 c 286 s 6.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: Architechtonics Constr. Mgmt., Inc. v. Khorram, 45 P.3d 1142 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002).
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Architechtonics Constr. Mgmt., Inc. v. Khorram, 45 P.3d 1142 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “RCW 19.108.060. RCW 62A.2-725(2). 42 Wn. App.”
McLeod v. Nw. Alloys, Inc., 969 P.2d 1066 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 5× “RCW 19.108.060. On January 25, 1990, Marvin and Gertrude McLeod filed this action against Northwest Alloys, Inc.”
Dean S. v. Frederick S., 139 P.3d 366 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “350; misappropriation of trade secrets, RCW 19.108.060; and Uniform Commercial Code claims for breach of warranty of future performance, RCW 62A.”
Precision Airmotive Corp. v. Rivera, 288 F. Supp. 2d 1151 (W.D. Wash. 2003). “RCW 19.108.060. The period for unfair competition is four years.”
Balmuccino LLC v. Starbucks Corp. (W.D. Wash. 2023). “6 ; RCW 19.108.060; 18 U.S.C. § 1836 (d). It is also 7 uncontested that Balmuccino filed suit in this Court more than three years after learning of 8 Starbucks’s alleged trade secret misappropriation.”
Group14 Tech. Inc v. Nexeon Ltd. (W.D. Wash. 2024). “” RCW 19.108.060. Under Washington law, 12 when a plaintiff invokes the discovery rule to counter a statute of limitations defense, the 13 plaintiff bears the burden6 to show that facts constituting the cause of action were not 14 15 6 Group14 cites a Federal Circuit decision…”
Wilson Aerospace LLC v. The Boeing Co. Inc (W.D. Wash. 2025). “§ 3 1836(d); RCW 19.108.060. Plaintiff alleges Defendant misappropriated the trade secrets related 4 to the Dreamliner Bolting Tool since 2012, but it did not file suit until 2023.”
Architechtonics Constr. v. Khorram, 45 P.3d 1142 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “[35] RCW 19.108.060. [36] RCW 62A.2-725(2). [37] 42 Wash.”
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