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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="22-216" title_number="22" title_name="Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Formation and Terms; Formation of a Contract; Terms of Records; Electronic Contracts: Generally">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The following rules apply to a submission of an idea or information for the creation, development, or enhancement of computer information which is not made pursuant to an existing agreement requiring the submission:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A contract is not formed and is not implied from the mere receipt of an unsolicited submission;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Engaging in a business, trade, or industry that by custom or practice regularly acquires ideas is not in itself an express or implied solicitation of the information; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the recipient seasonably notifies the person making the submission that the recipient maintains a procedure to receive and review submissions, a contract is formed only if:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>The submission is made and accepted pursuant to that procedure; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>The recipient expressly agrees to terms concerning the submission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An agreement to disclose an idea creates a contract enforceable against the receiving party only if the idea as disclosed is confidential, concrete, and novel to the business, trade, or industry, or the party receiving the disclosure otherwise expressly agreed.</text>
  </level>
</section>
