VETOES

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 1070.

This bill enacts the Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act by
establishing provisions relating to injunctive relief, damages,
and court procedures regarding trade secrets.

Senate Bill 667, which was passed by the General Assembly and
signed by me on May 25, 1989, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House Bill 1070.

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

House Bill No. 1070

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act

FOR the purpose of enacting the Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets
Act; specifying rights regarding injunctive relief for
actual or threatened misappropriation of trade secrets;
specifying damages for misappropriation of trade secrets,
including willful and malicious misappropriation;
authorizing the court to award attorney fees in certain
circumstances; authorizing the court to award attorney's
fees in certain circumstances; requiring the court to
preserve the secrecy of alleged trade secrets; establishing
a statute of limitations; specifying that this Act displaces
conflicting laws; providing for the construction and
application of this Act; defining certain terms; making this
Act inapplicable to certain misappropriations before the
Act's effective date; and generally relating to
misappropriation of trade secrets.

BY adding to

Article - Commercial Law

Section 12-1101 11-1201 through 12-1109 12-1108 11-1209 to
be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 11 12. Maryland
Uniform Trade Secrets Act"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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