Father and Son Pizzeria has been around Guttenberg, New Jersey for years. Father and Son Pizzeria is a local hot stop were customers stop by for a piece of their pizza. Recently, Mr. Carlos Vega came to purchasing the local hot spot. Mr. Vega soon came to make great improvements. Although, with improvements came setbacks, and Mr. Vega was faced with issues on whether to expand. Recommendations will be made after analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of the three options given for expansion,…
Assignment 4 Introduction Intellectual property is intangible items such as computer software, a formula, any invention, and other items that an individual, university, or corporation claims they own (Shamoo & Resnik, 2009, p. 167). Therefore, there are different types of intellectual property rights that are recognized by the United States law (Shamoo & Resnik, 2009, p. 173). Consequently, laws pertaining to intellectual property rights have only been implemented since the 1980s, which…
Intellectual property rights help to regulate creative labour. They can include, patents for inventions, and trademarks to help protect market share. They can also refer to copyright; ‘literary works (such as novels, poems and plays), films, music, artistic works (e.g. drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures) and architectural design’. Intellectual property rights grant owners exclusive rights. These rights enable them to carry out specific acts, while at the same time, excluding…
Operational Cost Shouldice hospital core specialization allows for lower cost in regards to labor and expenses. Operating rooms cost were moderately inexpensive at $30,000, and with five operating rooms the cost of operating rooms total $150,000. Estimated reports show that Shouldice Hospital budget was $2.8 million and the clinic $2 million. However, the total revenue from the operation performed through the year range from $7,717,500.00 to $9,261,000.00. Shouldice is impressive, it shows the…
commerce. What covers a range or personal property rights attaching to various products of the human mind is intellectual property, or also known as (IP). The area of law, for intellectual property, deals with, for case, patents, registered designs and trademarks, which lets companies to gain recognition or benefits in financial from what they conceive or design. Intellectual property rights can be sold or accredited, providing an important revenue stream, set your business apart from…
Joanna Demers, author of Steal This Music, is an associate professor and chair of Musicology at USC Thornton School of Music after receiving both a PhD in musicology from Princeton and a DMA in contemporary flute performance form UC San Diego in 2002. She has published two books, many articles and essays, and is currently working on two more books. Demers work focuses on 20th and 21st century popular music and intellectual property rights as she contributes significantly to these communities.…
trademarked brand, which are usually very similar or identical to genuine products. This includes packaging, labelling and trademarks, to intentionally show the counterfeit product as the original product. The authors, Lai and Zaichkowsky (1999) stated that counterfeiting and piracy are the same since they are both are the reproduction of identical copies of authentic products by a trademark brand. These two terms have been used as synonyms in the literature by many authors. However, it is…
Ethics and Intellectual Property Intellectual property is “intangible property, the product of human ingenuity, protected by law” (Lau & Johnson, 2015). Intellectual property includes things such as ideas, a title, a patent, or a trademark. There have been many court cases documented on the issue of intellectual property along with some ethical concerns that accompany. Some familiar cases are the Kellogg Cereal Shredded Whole Wheat cereal idea, the debate of who is rightfully the father of…
The form of business that Shania should engage in to open up her coffeehouse should be a limited partnership. If she were to open as a sole proprietor, although inexpensive, she is liable for everything that happens to her business, and she is the only one dependent upon supplying the necessities for the business to operate. These necessities include: the capital to start the business, property, and all other factors that are required to get a business started. By reaching out to her husband,…
process since it can be long and complicated as well as expensive. Copyrights cover books, music and software, which can be a work product of your new company. It 's important to have a copyright to cover original works so they cannot be duplicated. Trademarks protect a word, name or symbol associated with the business so other companies can 't copy or infringe on the rights of the company. 5. NDA and other contracts From employee contracts to client contracts, it 's vital that you have a…