Section 11-1203 – Right to Damages
(a) Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation renders a monetary recovery inequitable, a complainant is entitled to recover damages for misappropriation. (b) Damages under this subtitle may include: (1) The actual loss caused by misappropriation; and (2) The unjust enrichment caused by misappropriation […]
Section 11-1204 – Award of Attorney’s Fees
The court may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party if: (1) A claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith; (2) A motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith; or (3) Willful and malicious misappropriation exists.
Section 11-1205 – Preservation of Trade Secret During Action
In an action under this subtitle, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings, holding in-camera hearings, sealing the records of the action, and ordering any person involved in the litigation not to disclose an alleged trade secret […]
Section 11-1206 – Limitations
(a) An action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. (b) For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.
Section 11-1207 – Subtitle Constitutes Exclusive Remedy
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law of this State providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret. (b) (1) This subtitle does not affect: (i) Contractual remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; (ii) Other civil remedies that are not based upon […]
Section 11-902 – Rental Electric Storage Batteries
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Attached” means printed, painted, stamped, burned, or otherwise placed on or attached to. (3) “Battery” means an electric storage battery which has an identification mark attached to it. (4) “Identification mark” means: (i) The word “rental”; or (ii) Any other word, mark, device, or character which is attached to […]
Section 11-1208 – Application and Construction
This subtitle shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this subtitle among states enacting it.
Section 11-903 – Convict Made Goods
(a) In this section, “goods” includes wares or merchandise. (b) The provisions of this section do not apply to goods which are: (1) Produced, manufactured, or mined by convicts and prisoners on parole or probation; or (2) Shipped into the State for sale to or exchange with: (i) The State or any of its political subdivisions; or (ii) A State aided, […]
Section 11-1209 – Short Title
This subtitle may be cited as the “Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act”.
Section 11-802 – Consignee’s Lien
A consignee is entitled to a lien on goods shipped or consigned to him for any money or negotiable instrument advanced or given to or for the use of the person in whose name the goods were shipped or consigned, unless the consignee has notice that the person is not the true owner of the […]