Bob, an engineer, is a new employee at AirbagIndustries, which specializes in manufacturingautomotive airbags. Before his employment,Bob is required to sign various documentsindicating that he would have access toconfidential information related to AirbagIndustries' business practices, customer lists,and other information that must remainconfidential. It further provided that any newdevelopments created by Bob would be theproperty of Airbag Industries. Further, itprovided that if Bob left the company he couldnot compete against the company in the UnitedStates for 10 years. Bob leaves three years laterto set up his own airbag company.What intellectual property issues are involvedin this scenario?

Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the human mind. These creations are intangible,…

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