The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 1IS
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Case summary: A person R, food buyer for OCF Company, decides to start her own business. She contacts the supplier of OCF company to buy their entire harvest. She also contacts the customers of OCF company, to sell them food at lower prices.
To find: Violation of intellectual property right.
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