The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 27, Problem 4CT
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Case summary: Company T makes respirator filters.Company 3M obtained the samples of the filters at an industry expo. A year later, after obtaining a patent for the filter product company 3M filed a suit against company T alleging infringement of the patent. The suit was dismissed. Company T filed a suit against Company 3M for fraud. company T was entitled damages.

To find: The cooperate ethics of 3M that is reflected in its conduct.

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