The CEO of UNFinished Business has discovered that an employee, a software developer, has been working on a software application. Although the employee swears that he or she has only worked on the application on his or her own time, the CEO wants to know if there is any legal precedent to support UNFinished Business in claiming ownership of the employee’s Intellectual Property.
The legal offices of Dewey, Cheatum & Howe has provided UNFinished Business’ legal department with court records of the following ten (10) legal cases involving Intellectual Property disputes between employees and their employers.
1. Abbott v. Chief Executive, Whitireia PolytechnicLinks to an external site. 2. Applied Innovations, Inc. v. Regents of the University of MinnesotaLinks to an external site. 3. Aymes v. BonelliLinks to an external site. 4. Four Points Communication Services v. Bryan Bohnert Links to an external site. 5. Iconix, Inc. v. Lance TokudaLinks to an external site. 6. Mattel, Inc. v. MGA Entertainment, Inclinks to an external site. 7. Preston, Yale v. Marathon Oil Company & Thomas Smith Links to an external site. 8. Schiller & Schmidt, Inc. v. Nordisco, Corp.Links to an external site. 9. Seanix Technology, Inc. v. Vladislav IrchaLinks to an external site. 10. Teets, J. Michael v. Chromalloy Gas Turbine, Corp.
Write a paper that includes the following items: • For each court case selected: o In your own words (do not plagiarize), summarize ■ Facts of the case ■ Arguments of the employer and employee(s) ■ Any additional information discovered during the case ■ The court’s decision
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