Read Chapter 1 of your textbook titled Intorduction to Law. Upon reading the material, answer the following questions posed at the end of the chapter. Student responses should show critical thinking and reflection on the subject matter. (Be sure to include the question before your response) A patent is an exclusive right granted to the creator of an invention. Under U.S. law, a patent owner possesses that right for twenty years. The owner can allow another party to make and market a product based on the invention in exchange for a payment of royalties on the sales. According to the United States Supreme Court in a case known as the Brulotte decision, a contract to pay royalties after a patent has expired is unenforceable. Stephen Kimble owned the patent to a toy glove that could shoot foam intended to look like the web of Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man. Kimble agreed to allow Marvel Entertainment, LLC, to sell its version of the toy. Marvel agreed to pay Kimble a royalty of 3 percent on the sales. Their contract did not specify an end date. After the patent expired, Marvel sued to stop the payments. 1. What is the doctrine of stare decisis? What are the arguments for and against applying it in this case? Otto May, Jr., a pipefitter for Chrysler Group, LLC, was the target of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic remarks. He received death threats, his bike and car tires were punctured, and someone poured sugar into the gas tank of his car. A dead bird was placed at his workstation wrapped in toilet paper to look like a mem-ber of the Ku Klux Klan. Chrysler documented and investigated the incidents. Records were checked to determine who was in the building when the incidents occurred, the graffiti handwriting was examined, and employees were reminded that harassment was not acceptable. 2. What role might the law play in these circumstances?
Read Chapter 1 of your textbook titled Intorduction to Law. Upon reading the material, answer the following questions posed at the end of the chapter. Student responses should show critical thinking and reflection on the subject matter.
(Be sure to include the question before your response)
A patent is an exclusive right granted to the creator of an invention. Under U.S. law, a patent owner possesses that right for twenty years. The owner can allow another party to make and market a product based on the invention in exchange for a payment of royalties on the sales. According to the United States Supreme Court in a case known as the Brulotte decision, a contract to pay royalties after a patent has expired is unenforceable. Stephen Kimble owned the patent to a toy glove that could shoot foam intended to look like the web of Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man. Kimble agreed to allow Marvel Entertainment, LLC, to sell its version of the toy. Marvel agreed to pay Kimble a royalty of 3 percent on the sales. Their contract did not specify an end date. After the patent expired, Marvel sued to stop the payments.
1. What is the doctrine of stare decisis? What are the arguments for and against applying it in this case?
Otto May, Jr., a pipefitter for Chrysler Group, LLC, was the target of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic remarks. He received death threats, his bike and car tires were punctured, and someone poured sugar into the gas tank of his car. A dead bird was placed at his workstation wrapped in toilet paper to look like a mem-ber of the Ku Klux Klan. Chrysler documented and investigated the incidents. Records were checked to determine who was in the building when the incidents occurred, the graffiti handwriting was examined, and employees were reminded that harassment was not acceptable.
2. What role might the law play in these circumstances?
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