John and andrew doney invented a hard bearing

University of Maryland Trade Secrets, Issue Spotters Business Case Problems
Subject
Business Finance

Question Description
please I need your opinions about the cases without resources and write like high schools students because English is my second language and I don't want hard vocabulary

Business scenarios

8–1.Fair Use. Professor Wise is teaching a summer seminar in business torts at State University. Several times during the course, he makes copies of relevant sections from busi- ness law texts and distributes them to his students. Wise does not realize that the daughter of one of the textbook authors is a member of his seminar. She tells her father about Wise’s copying activities, which have taken place without her father’s or his publisher’s permission. Her father sues Wise for copyright infringement. Wise claims protection under the fair use doctrine. Who will prevail? Explain.

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8–2. patent Infringement. John and Andrew Doney invented a hard-bearing device for balancing rotors. Although they obtained a patent for their invention from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, it was never used as an automobile wheel balancer. Some time later, Exetron Corp. produced an automobile wheel balancer that used a hard-bearing device with a support plate similar to that of the Doneys’ device. Given that the Doneys had not used their device for automobile wheel balancing, does Exetron’s use of a similar device infringe on the Doneys’ patent? Why or why not? (see page 162.)

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Business case problems

8–5. BUSINESS CASE PROBLEM

WITH SAMPLE ANSWER: Trade Secrets.

Jesse Edwards, an employee of Carbon Processing and Reclamation, LLC (CPR), put unmarked boxes of company records in his car. Edwards’s wife, Channon, who suspected him of hiding financial

information from her, gained access to the documents. William Jones, the owner of CPR, filed a suit, contending that Chan- non’s unauthorized access to the files was a theft of trade se- crets. Could the information in the documents be trade secrets? Should liability be imposed? Why or why not? [Jones v. Ham- ilton, 53 So.3d 134 (Ala.Civ.App. 2010)] (see page 169.)

• For a sample answer to problem 8–5, go to appendix F at the end of this text.

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8–8. Copyright Infringement. SilverEdge Systems Software hired Catherine Conrad to perform a singing telegram. SilverEdge arranged for James Bendewald to record Conrad’s performance of her copyrighted song to post on its Web site. Conrad agreed to wear a microphone to assist in the recording, told Bendewald what to film, and asked for an additional fee only if SilverEdge used the video for a commercial purpose. Later, the company chose to post a video of a different performer’s singing telegram instead. Conrad filed a suit in a federal district court against SilverEdge and Bendewald for copyright infringement. Are the defendants liable? Explain. [Conrad v. Bendewald, 2013 WL 310194 (7th Cir. 2013)]