California Business and Professions Code
§ 21304
BPC § 21304 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 8 · Ch. 8.5
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)This chapter does not require an original equipment manufacturer to divulge a trade secret, except as necessary to provide documentation, parts, tools, service access methods, and training courses and materials on fair and reasonable terms.
(1)An original equipment manufacturer may redact documentation to remove trade secrets from the documentation before providing access to the documentation if the usability of the redacted documentation for the purpose of providing services is not diminished.
(2)An original equipment manufacturer may withhold information regarding a component of, design of, functionality of, or process of developing a part, embedded software, firmware, or a tool if the information is a trade secret and the usability of the part, embedded software, firmware, or tool for the purpose of providing services is not diminished.
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Legislative history
Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 797, Sec. 1. (SB 1384) Effective January 1, 2025.