Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-502 (2026)

Crimes against intellectual property; penalties.

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(a) A person commits a crime against intellectual property
if he knowingly and without authorization:

          (i) Modifies data, programs or supporting
documentation residing or existing internal or external to a
computer, computer system or computer network;

          (ii) Destroys data, programs or supporting
documentation residing or existing internal or external to a
computer, computer system or computer network;

          (iii) Discloses or takes data, programs, or
supporting documentation having a value of more than seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) and which is a trade secret or
is confidential, as provided by law, residing or existing
internal or external to a computer, computer system or computer
network.

     (b)   A crime against intellectual property is:

          (i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand
dollars ($3,000.00), or both, except as provided in paragraph
(ii) of this subsection;

          (ii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the crime is committed with
the intention of devising or executing a scheme or artifice to
defraud or to obtain property.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2006 · leading case: Briefing. Com v. Jones, 2006 WY 16 (Wyo. 2006).

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Briefing. Com v. Jones, 2006 WY 16 (Wyo. 2006). · cites it 2× “And the legislature has recognized the sanctity of trade secrets in numerous statutes: Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-502 (a)(iii) (LexisNexis 2005) (trade secrets as intellectual property in criminal statute); Wyo.”

Evans v. Gen. Motors Corp., 893 A.2d 371 (Conn. 2006). “05 (2003); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-502 (a) (in) (2005).”

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