| "Lawsuits primarily benefit the attorneys
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| | presentation, MBA was informed that
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| and nobody else."
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| | Harley wouldn't be
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| - Bryce's LawINTRODUCTIONThe protection
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| | purchasing our product, and that Arthur
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| of intellectual property should be a
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| | Young would be developing a similar
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| significant concern to all Information
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| | methodology for Harley instead. This
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| Technology organizations. Without
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| | made MBA suspicious, particularly since
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| protection, commercial hardware/software
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| | one of Young's consultants was a former
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| vendors would quickly evaporate as others
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| | "PRIDE" user. Consequently, MBA
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| would inevitably steal their designs and
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| | initiated a lawsuit over misappropriation
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| programs. Corporate developers would
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| | of trade secrets.This turned into a long
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| also suffer if their ideas, inventions,
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| | and ugly legal battle which lasted eight
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| and programs were misappropriated thereby
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| | years. Basically, the lawyers for the
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| causing them to lose their competitive
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| | opposition contended that since the
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| advantage. In fact, our corporate
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| | "PRIDE" materials had copyright notation
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| landscape and standard of living would be
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| | printed on them, they were in the public
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| radically different if we had no such
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| | domain. In contrast, it was our
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| protection. Fortunately, the framers of
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| | contention that "PRIDE" was a trade
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| the U.S. Constitution were wise enough to
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| | secret, In the end, we won the lawsuit
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| implement legislation safeguarding the
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| | and "PRIDE" was proven to be a trade
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| authorship and ownership of literature,
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| | secret in a court of law. This
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| art, and inventions, thus causing the
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| | litigation established many precedents
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| United States to flourish in the arts and
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| | and is often referenced in similar cases;
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| sciences. But the advent of the computer
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| | for additional information,
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| caused us to reconsider how we safeguard
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| | see:Chicago-Kent College of Law
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| such property. For example, the concept
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| | Law
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| of a computer program has been a bit
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| | years have gone by since the verdict
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| nebulous to some people; should the
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| | was passed. In 1989, Arthur Young &
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| source code be protected by copyright?
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| | Company merged with Ernst and Ernst (now
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| What about the object code (executable)?
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| | called Ernst & Young), the principals of
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| Attorneys have been debating this subject
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| | the case have moved on and we no longer
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| over the last thirty years and there is
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| | bear any ill-will towards the company.
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| still
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| | Further, "PRIDE" was placed on the
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| general confusion in the field.In 1974,
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| | Internet in 2004 (with copyright
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| MBA embarked on our own lawsuit to
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| | notation).As a result of the lawsuit, MBA
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| protect the "PRIDE" methodology. This
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| | learned a lot about the protection of
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| was a lengthy legal battle which took the
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| | intellectual property. I may not be an
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| courts into unchartered waters. At the
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| | attorney, but you may look upon this as a
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| time, "PRIDE" was nothing more than a
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| | convenient primer to protect
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| methodology implemented with printed
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| | yourself.COPYRIGHTSCopyright is primarily
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| manuals and forms (no software support at
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| | concerned with the authorized
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| the time). To safeguard our
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| | reproduction of such things as text,
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| product, our lawyers drafted a standard
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| | graphics, music, and audio/video
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| nondisclosure agreement which all
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| | recordings. As such, it protects
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| prospective buyers would sign prior to
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| | publishers, authors, artists, and
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| our sales presentation. Further, our
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| | designers from unauthorized republication
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| contracts included similar verbiage
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| | or redistribution of their work. Not too
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| instructing the customer to safeguard the
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| | long ago, in order for a copyright to be
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| physical embodiment of the product and
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| | enforceable, it had to be registered with
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| not to divulge it to unauthorized third
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| | the copyright office. However, the laws
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| parties.We were contacted by Arthur Young
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| | were somewhat loosened in 1976 whereby
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| & Company in 1974 to conduct a "PRIDE"
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| | copyright protection is now effective
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| sales presentation for one of their
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| | from the moment the work is first created
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| consulting clients in Milwaukee,
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| | in fixed form. Although the use of
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| Wisconsin; the Harley Davidson Motorcycle
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| | copyright notation is no longer
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| Company (then a division of AMF). The
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| | mandatory, it is highly beneficial to
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| attendees signed the nondisclosure
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| | include it whenever possible to indicate
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| agreement and the presentation was
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| | your work is protected by copyright.
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| conducted as usual. Following the
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