FORUM DESCRIPTION 1) Click on the following link and view the Intellectual Property (IP) video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yp_Xj6YshM&feature=related 2) Based on your reading of chapter 6 and viewing of the youtube video above, you should answer the Chapter 6 Hypothetical questions found below. 6-1. Copyright Infringement. In which of the following situations would a court likely hold Maruta liable for copyright infringement? (See Copyrights.) 1. At the library, Maruta photocopies ten pages from a scholarly journal relating to a topic on which she is writing a term paper. 2. Maruta makes leather handbags and sells them in her small leather shop. She advertises her handbags as "Vutton handbags," hoping customers might mistakenly assume that they were made by Vuitton, the well-known maker of high-quality luggage and handbags. 3. Maruta owns a small country store. She purchases one copy of several popular movie DVDs from various DVD manufacturers. Then, using blank DVDs, she makes copies to rent or sell to her customers. 4. Maruta teaches Latin American history at a small university. She has a digital video recorder and frequently records television programs relating to Latin America and puts them on DVDs. She then takes the DVDs to her classroom so that her students can watch them. 6-2. Trademark Infringement. Alpha Software, Inc., announced a new computer operating system to be marketed under the name McSoftware. Mcdonald's Corp. wrote Alpha a letter stating that the use of this name infringed on the Mcdonald's family of trademarks characterized by the prefix "Mc" attached to a generic term. Alpha claimed that "Mc" had come into generic use as a prefix and therefore Mcdonald's had no trademark rights to the prefix itself. Alpha filed an action seeking a judgment from the court that the mark McSoftware did not infringe on Mcdonald's federally registered trademarks or its common law rights to the marks and that its use would not constitute an unfair trade practice. What factors must the court consider in deciding this issue? What will be the probable outcome of the case? Explain. (See Trademarks and Related Property.) Macbook Air