Section 6-3-502 - Crimes Against Intellectual Property; Penalties.

WY Stat § 6-3-502 (2019) (N/A)

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6-3-502. Crimes against intellectual property; penalties.

(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.

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