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MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-903 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions|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, owned, controlled, or managed public or quasi–public institution or agency.    (c)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, goods manufactured or produced, wholly or in part, or mined by convicts or prisoners of the United States or of a territory, district, or other state of the United States may not be shipped into the State for sale on the open market.    (d)    Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or both.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-905 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 11-905 - Supervision of Animals in Care of Veterinarians or Commercial Boarding Kennel Operators

    (a)    In this section, “premises” means the land and the structures erected on it which are used for the commercial boarding of animals.    (b)    A veterinarian, as defined in § 2-301(h) of the Agriculture Article, or a commercial boarding kennel operator who does not provide 24-hour supervision by a person physically on the premises to an animal under the care or custody of the veterinarian or the commercial boarding kennel operator shall provide written notification to the owner of the animal advising the owner of the lack of 24-hour supervision.    (c)    Any person who violates the provisions of this section, or any regulation adopted to implement the provisions of this section, is subject to a fine not exceeding $50, in an action in the District Court in the State of Maryland.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1001 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 10 - Hulls of Vessels|Section 11-1001 - Duplicating Vessel Hulls

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Direct molding process” means any process by which a hull of a vessel or component of the hull of a vessel is used as a plug for the making of a mold from which a duplication of the hull or component of the hull is made.        (3)    “Mold” means any pattern, hollow form, matrix, or other device for giving shape or form to material in a plastic or molten state.        (4)    “Plug” means a manufactured item used to make a mold.        (5)    (i)    “Vessel” means every description of watercraft that is used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water or ice.            (ii)    “Vessel” includes:                1.    An iceboat; and                2.    The motor, spars, sails, and accessories of a vessel.            (iii)    “Vessel” does not include a seaplane.    (b)    A person may not duplicate or misappropriate for commercial purposes by copying or using the direct molding process the design of a hull of a vessel or any component of the hull of a vessel manufactured by another person without the prior written consent of the other person.    (c)    If a person knew or should have known that a hull of a vessel or any component of the hull of a vessel was duplicated or misappropriated for commercial purposes in violation of subsection (b) of this section, the person may not sell in this State the vessel that was manufactured in violation of subsection (b) of this section.    (d)    Any person who is injured in the person’s business by virtue of any violation of subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section:        (1)    May sue and recover three times the amount of damages incurred by virtue of the violation, the costs of the suit, and reasonable attorney’s fees; and        (2)    May sue for injunctive relief and a court of competent jurisdiction may grant the injunctive relief regardless of whether the person proves irreparable injury because of the violation.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 11 - Distress Sales|Section 11-1101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    (1)    “Advertise” means to publish, circulate, disseminate, or place before the public through any print or broadcast medium for the purpose of the sale of goods or services.        (2)    “Advertise” includes to advertise by outside or inside signs, handbills, or price tags.    (c)    (1)    “Distress sale” means a sale that is conducted and represented through advertising that the sale is being held or required for reasons of:            (i)    Economic or business distress;            (ii)    Inability to continue business at the same location; or            (iii)    Any expression that conveys to the public the information or belief that on disposal of the goods, the business will cease, be discontinued, vacated, transferred, or surrendered to a successor in business or a different principal owner and conducted under a new name.        (2)    “Distress sale” includes:            (i)    A “going out of business sale”, “closing out sale”, “liquidation sale”, “lost our lease sale”, or “must vacate sale”; or            (ii)    A sale of goods damaged by fire, smoke, or water.    (d)    (1)    “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.        (2)    “Person” includes a liquidation service.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 11 - Distress Sales|Section 11-1102 - Advertising and Conducting Distress Sale Under Provisions of Subtitle Required

    A person shall advertise and conduct a distress sale only under the provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 11 - Distress Sales|Section 11-1103 - Prohibited Activities

    A person who advertises and conducts a distress sale may not:         (1)    Conduct the distress sale for more than 60 days from the first day of the sale;        (2)    Order and receive any goods for the purpose of selling the goods at the distress sale; and        (3)    Sell goods at the distress sale that are not listed in the record of inventory required under § 11-1104 of this subtitle.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 11 - Distress Sales|Section 11-1104 - Record of Inventory

    (a)    Before a distress sale, a person shall compile a complete and detailed record of the inventory that is to be sold at the distress sale, including:        (1)    A description of each item;        (2)    The approximate quantity of each item; and        (3)    The regular price and the proposed sale price of each item.    (b)    The record of inventory required under subsection (a) of this section shall be open for inspection by the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General at any time during normal business hours.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 11 - Distress Sales|Section 11-1105 - Minimum Standards; Enforcement of Subtitle

    (a)    This subtitle provides minimum standards to protect consumers in the State.    (b)    A county, a municipality, or an agency of a county or municipality may adopt standards concerning distress sales, within the scope of its authority, only if the standards:        (1)    Are at least as stringent as the provisions of this subtitle; and        (2)    Are not inconsistent with the provisions of this subtitle.    (c)    This subtitle is enforceable under Title 13 of this article or by any appropriate local jurisdiction.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 11 - Distress Sales|Section 11-1106 - Violations

    A violation of any provision of this subtitle is an unfair or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of Title 13 of this article and is subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions contained in Title 13 of this article.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 12 - Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 11-1201 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Improper means” includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, or espionage through electronic or other means.    (c)    “Misappropriation” means the:        (1)    Acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person who knows or has reason to know that the trade secret was acquired by improper means; or        (2)    Disclosure or use of a trade secret of another without express or implied consent by a person who:            (i)    Used improper means to acquire knowledge of the trade secret; or            (ii)    At the time of disclosure or use, knew or had reason to know that the person’s knowledge of the trade secret was:                1.    Derived from or through a person who had utilized improper means to acquire it;                2.    Acquired under circumstances giving rise to a duty to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or                3.    Derived from or through a person who owed a duty to the person seeking relief to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or            (iii)    Before a material change of the person’s position, knew or had reason to know that it was a trade secret and that knowledge of it had been acquired by accident or mistake.    (d)    “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal or commercial entity.    (e)    “Trade secret” means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that:        (1)    Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and        (2)    Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 12 - Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 11-1202 - Misappropriation of Trade Secrets May Be Enjoined

    (a)    Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined.    (b)    Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time in order to eliminate commercial advantage that otherwise would be derived from the misappropriation.    (c)    In exceptional circumstances, an injunction may condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period of time for which use could have been prohibited.    (d)    In appropriate circumstances, affirmative acts to protect a trade secret may be compelled by court order.    (e)    In this section, “exceptional circumstances” includes a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation that renders a prohibitive injunction inequitable.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 12 - Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act|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 that is not taken into account in computing actual loss.    (c)    In lieu of damages measured by any other methods, the damages caused by misappropriation may be measured by imposition of liability for a reasonable royalty for a misappropriator’s unauthorized disclosure or use of a trade secret.    (d)    If willful and malicious misappropriation exists, the court may award exemplary damages in an amount not exceeding twice any award made under subsection (a) of this section.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 12 - Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act|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.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 12 - Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act|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 without prior court approval.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 12 - Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act|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.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 12 - Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act|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 misappropriation of a trade secret; or            (iii)    Criminal remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret.        (2)    Nothing contained in this act may be applied or construed to waive or limit any common law or statutory defense or immunity possessed by State personnel as defined under § 12-101 of the State Government Article.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1208 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 12 - Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act|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.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1209 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 12 - Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act|Section 11-1209 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the “Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act”.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 13 - Maryland Fair Distributorship Act|Section 11-1301 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Agreement” means a contract or other agreement between a grantor and a distributor.    (c)    (1)    “Cancel” means to terminate an agreement prior to the natural expiration date of its term.        (2)    “Cancel” includes a de facto cancellation.    (d)    “Commercial goods” means, as those terms are defined in the wholesale trade section of the 1987 edition of the federal Office of Management and Budget’s Standard Industrial Classification Manual, durable goods, except for:        (1)    Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and supplies;        (2)    Furniture;        (3)    Office equipment, computers, computer peripheral equipment, and software; and        (4)    Prerecorded tapes, cassettes, film, and videos and books or other similar items for which copyright protection might be available.    (e)    “De facto cancellation” means actions taken by the grantor that:        (1)    Materially alter the competitive business and economic conditions of a distributor;        (2)    Are not applicable to similarly situated distributors of that grantor’s products; and        (3)    Are intended to be discriminatory and detrimental to the distributor.    (f)    “Deficiency” means the failure of a distributor to comply substantially with the fair, reasonable, and material requirements imposed or sought to be imposed on the distributor by the grantor.    (g)    (1)    “Distributor” means a person:            (i)    Whose primary business is the wholesale distribution of commercial goods for resale;            (ii)    Who maintains an inventory of commercial goods for resale;            (iii)    Who has been granted either expressly or implicitly the right to sell or distribute a grantor’s commercial goods in Maryland for resale to retailers or other resellers or to an industrial or commercial manufacturer; and            (iv)    Who conducts a substantial business in Maryland.        (2)    “Distributor” does not include:            (i)    A sales representative that does not maintain an inventory of commercial goods; or            (ii)    A direct seller whose work is exempt from covered employment under § 8-206(b) of the Labor and Employment Article.    (h)    “Grantor” means a person, including a manufacturer, that grants distribution and sales rights to a distributor.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 13 - Maryland Fair Distributorship Act|Section 11-1302 - Applicability of Subtitle

    (a)    This subtitle applies to any agreement under which a grantor’s commercial goods are distributed or sold in this State.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, this subtitle does not apply to:        (1)    A seller of business opportunities regulated under the Maryland Business Opportunity Sales Act, Title 14, Subtitle 1 of the Business Regulation Article;        (2)    A franchisor regulated under the Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law, Title 14, Subtitle 2 of the Business Regulation Article;        (3)    A supplier regulated under the Equipment Dealer Contract Act, Title 19 of this article;        (4)    A manufacturer, producer, or refiner of petroleum products that are motor fuels regulated under Title 10 of the Business Regulation Article;        (5)    A franchisor regulated under the Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act; or        (6)    A manufacturer, producer, or supplier of wine or distilled spirits.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1302.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 13 - Maryland Fair Distributorship Act|Section 11-1302.1 - Grantor's Notification of Distributor's Failure to Comply

    In addition to any other provision of this subtitle, when notifying a distributor of a proposed cancellation or nonrenewal of any agreement, a grantor shall provide a notice of the distributor’s failure to comply with a reasonable requirement of the agreement and an opportunity to cure or dispute the asserted deficiency.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  11-1304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 11 - Trade Regulation|Subtitle 13 - Maryland Fair Distributorship Act|Section 11-1304 - Right of Repurchase; Time Requirements; Applicability Exceptions

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, on cancellation or nonrenewal of an agreement by a grantor for any reason, including a distributor’s failure to cure under § 11-1305 of this subtitle, the grantor shall have the right to, and must at the option of the distributor, repurchase all merchandise sold by the grantor to the distributor, and the distributor must sell the merchandise to the grantor, at a price equal to:        (1)    An amount agreed on by the parties; or        (2)    (i)    With respect to merchandise that is still in its original condition, is part of the grantor’s current product line, and was shipped within 6 months of the cancellation or nonrenewal, the purchase price paid by the distributor;            (ii)    With respect to all other merchandise, including samples, display models, and damaged merchandise, the wholesale fair market value of the merchandise less depreciation, or the purchase price paid by the distributor, whichever is less; and            (iii)    With respect to special tools, accessories, display equipment, and other similar items, the purchase price paid by the distributor, less depreciation, or an amount agreed upon by the parties.    (b)    The repurchase requirements under subsection (a) of this section shall be completed within 30 days after the effective date of cancellation or nonrenewal, unless the parties agree otherwise.    (c)    The distributor’s option to repurchase under subsection (a) of this section does not apply if the reason for cancellation or nonrenewal includes any of the reasons listed in § 11-1303(d) of this subtitle.    (d)    Repurchase of inventory under this section is not subject to the bulk transfers provisions of Title 6 of this article.