Bug Inc

Running head: BUG INC. PAPER

BUG Inc. Paper

university of Phoenix

BUS 415

CC08BAM08

Hedy Zhang

Introduction

BUG, Inc., a company based in Los Angeles, California, invented an electronic recording device, which can intercept and record sounds and voices through the walls of a house, using a remote microphone. The company designs, manufactures, and sells these devices exclusively to state and federal law enforcement in various plants throughout the United States, Canada, and other foreign countries. BUG being the owner of this intellectual property will require legal protection from unauthorized user, identify any international conflict of law issues that could affect the normal day to day operation of the company, and identify torts that Officer Sally may pursue against BUG Company and types of damages she can request.

Legal Protection of Intellectual Property

The definition of intellectual property is any invention, innovation, or discovery such as copyrights, patent, and trademark. For examples, a book or article of an author’s is a copyright with a unique logo or a soft drink design which represent a company and its products. Another example would be a website design. Physical properties is not the basis for intellectual property but the ownership and the rights to manufacture, use as well as to promote an idea which is consider a priceless benefit.

Three types of legal protection that are essential to protect intellectual property are identified as trademark, patent, and copyright. Trademark can be a logo or a device that can identify a product which is the source for the manufacturer or merchant. Copyright is to protect the original author’s work such as novel or an article from using without permission. Authors of written articles and books are to visit the U.S. Copyright Office and register a copyright. Patent is to protect new inventions and non-obvious that can be protected through a patent.

Intellectual property laws are...