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 3RE
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Case summary: Two persons, T and X had designed and manufactured a software, Hallowed for a videogame with the help of their friend, B. But before the launch of this software, a new videogame, halo 2, was released. The look, feel and source code of the two products are same.
To find: The possibility that the persons T and X sue for copyright infringement.
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