                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                 CHAPTER 90--PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS
 
Sec. 1836. Civil proceedings to enjoin violations

    (a) The Attorney General may, in a civil action, obtain appropriate 
injunctive relief against any violation of this section.\1\
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    \1\ So in original.
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    (b) The district courts of the United States shall have exclusive 
original jurisdiction of civil actions under this subsection.\1\

(Added Pub. L. 104-294, title I, Sec. 101(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3490.)
