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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="11-1203" title_number="11" title_name="Trade Regulation" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Damages under this subtitle may include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The actual loss caused by misappropriation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The unjust enrichment caused by misappropriation that is not taken into account in computing actual loss.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
