Assignment
You are the CEO of Bonner, a U.S.-based farm equipment corporation. Bonner recently announced the release of an innovative new tractor with technology based on a patented invention developed by Bonner's engineers.
Bonner's vice president, who is aware of the upcoming product offering, bought 100,000 shares of Bonner stock prior to the announcement. You found out about the vice president's stock purchase on the day of the announcement.
One week after the announcement, Bonner received a letter from a German farm equipment corporation, accusing Bonner of patent infringement based on the new tractor's technology.
Bonner's board of directors asked you to assess the vice president's liability for the stock purchase and the company's options for resolving the German corporation's patent infringement claim.
Write a paper of 700- to 1,050-words in which you address the following:
Assessment
Explain why Bonner is the owner of the invention
Discuss the intellectual property rights owned by Bonner in the invention
Assess the liability of Bonner's vice president for purchasing the corporation's stock prior to the announcement of the new tractor.
Assess whether Bonner has any legal or ethical duties to disclose the stock purchase, and if so, to whom?
Solution
Compare the resolution of the patent dispute in a U.S. court with the resolution of the dispute using the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) dispute resolution program. Search the internet to review WIPO's dispute resolution program.
(Information about WIPO's dispute resolution program may be located on their website by searching the Internet for WIPO).
Suggest a method of dispute resolution (e.g., arbitration, mediation, litigation, WIPO dispute resolution), why that method would be desirable for resolving the dispute, and how and where the dispute resolution should be held (United States, foreign country, online, etc.).
Prevention
Discuss risk management procedures Bonner can adopt to avoid or reduce situations like these from happening in the future.
Cite to at least three peer-reviewed references, identified and defined in the Instructor Policies (Spiering, 2018, Researching Assignments).
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.