The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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ISBN: 9781337535878
Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Case summary : The company M wants to sell an innovative computer chip trademarked under brand name F to a foreign company N located in Pacifica. The company is, however, afraid that the company N can pirate and sell after the initial purchase. The company M wants to establish its own manufacturing unit in Pacifica to avoid piracy but is out of willingness to do.
To find: The way company M can protect the product F from piracy.
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