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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="11-1605" title_number="11" title_name="Trade Regulation" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any action by the Division or Attorney General authorized by Title 13 of this article, a target may bring an action in an appropriate court to recover for injury or loss sustained as a result of a violation of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a target prevails in an action brought under this subtitle and is awarded damages, the court also may award:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Court costs and fees, including reasonable attorney’s fees;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Exemplary damages in an amount not to exceed the greater of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$50,000; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Three times the total of damages, costs, and fees; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any equitable relief that the court considers appropriate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
