Bug Inc. Paper

Essay by hanaahmedUniversity, Bachelor'sA+, August 2007

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BUG, Incorporated wants to take their business internationally as well as have their products available for sale on the internet. There are many issues that BUG must take into consideration before doing this such as international law, validity of email contracts, and security, privacy, and infringement issues by using the internet. As a team we will be answering and discussing different kinds of legal issues dealing with intellectual property, civil liability, torts, e-commerce responsibilities, liability, and strict liability.

Before BUG can do business internationally, they need to be aware of any treaties or conventions between that specific country and the United States. Also, some countries, such as Europe, have specific laws when it comes to internet sales and e-commerce. The European Union Directive on Data Protection is a law that basically protects the individual information of people who have bought goods or services from various companies online and that those companies are not able to sell the information to other companies without the consent of the individual.

(Cheeseman, 2004)Patents protect the design of the electronic invention devices manufactured by BUG Inc. from other parties copying them. Patents can be protected for 20 years from the date of the patent application is filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (chillingeffects.org, N.D) Bug Inc. uses ladybug logo and they need to protect this trademark from being copied by competitors as this is one way people will associate and identify their company. Trademark protection lasts for 10 years after registration and, like patents, can be renewed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Copyrights is useful in protecting the object codes and source codes of the computer programs created by Bug, Inc., employees that are used in conjunction with their surveillance equipment. It is important to protect Intellectual...