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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 11
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(2) WITHOUT REMOVAL, RENDER UNUSABLE OR ELIMINATE THE
CAPABILITY TO EXERCISE CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS IN OR USE OF THEM;
(3) DESTROY OR PREVENT ACCESS TO THEM; AND
(4) REQUIRE THAT THE PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON IN POSSESSION
OR CONTROL OF THEM MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY AT A PLACE
DESIGNATED BY THAT PARTY WHICH IS REASONABLY CONVENIENT TO BOTH
PARTIES.
(D) IN AN APPROPRIATE CASE, A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION MAY
GRANT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO ENFORCE THE PARTIES' RIGHTS UNDER THIS
SECTION. '
SUBTITLE 7. BREACH OF CONTRACT; GENERAL; DEFECTIVE COPIES; REPUDIATION
AND ASSURANCES.
GENERAL.
21-701. BREACH OF CONTRACT; MATERIAL BREACH.
(A) WHETHER A PARTY IS IN BREACH OF CONTRACT IS DETERMINED BY THE
AGREEMENT OR, IN THE ABSENCE OF AGREEMENT, THIS TITLE. A BREACH OCCURS IF
A PARTY WITHOUT LEGAL EXCUSE FAILS TO PERFORM AN OBLIGATION IN A TIMELY
MANNER, REPUDIATES A CONTRACT, OR EXCEEDS A CONTRACTUAL USE TERM, OR
OTHERWISE IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN OBLIGATION PLACED ON IT BY THIS
TITLE OR THE AGREEMENT. A BREACH, WHETHER OR NOT MATERIAL, ENTITLES THE
AGGRIEVED PARTY TO ITS REMEDIES. WHETHER A BREACH OF A CONTRACTUAL USE
TERM IS AN INFRINGEMENT OR A MISAPPROPRIATION IS DETERMINED BY
APPLICABLE INFORMATIONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS LAW.
(B) A BREACH OF CONTRACT IS MATERIAL IF:
(1) THE CONTRACT SO PROVIDES;
(2) THE BREACH IS A SUBSTANTIAL FAILURE TO PERFORM A TERM THAT
IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT; OR
(3) THE CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING THE LANGUAGE OF THE
AGREEMENT, THE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS OF THE PARTIES, THE STANDARDS
AND PRACTICES OF THE BUSINESS, TRADE, OR INDUSTRY, AND THE CHARACTER OF
THE BREACH, INDICATE THAT:
(A) THE BREACH CAUSED OR IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL
HARM TO THE AGGRIEVED PARTY; OR
(B) THE BREACH SUBSTANTIALLY DEPRIVED OR IS LIKELY
SUBSTANTIALLY TO DEPRIVE THE AGGRIEVED PARTY OF A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT IT
REASONABLY EXPECTED UNDER THE CONTRACT.
(C) THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF NONMATERIAL BREACHES MAY BE
MATERIAL.
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