Read the following scenarios and answer the questions.

You work for a company that manufactures electric lawn mowers. The mowers work when the user plugs an extension cord into the outlet and into the machine. In order to start the machine, the user must pull a lever and hold it while pushing a button. You believe that your mower is extremely safe. It contains several warnings about using it only on grass, that it is not to be used to shred tree branches or other wood products, and that it is not to be used without the bag attachment for catching the grass that is thrown out the back. A customer sues your company after being hurt when he used the electric lawn mower during a rainstorm. Discuss whether or not your company should have included a warning label to address use of the electric lawn mower in the rain.

You are the editor of a publishing company and are careful to register all of your books with the U.S. Copyright Office. One of your star authors, Jackie Yolan, just published his latest crime mystery, "Seven Ways to Get Away." The new book is popular in the United States, and you are interested in distributing the novel abroad. You soon learn that a company in India is publishing a very similar book in the Hindi language. You believe the book will be as popular in India as it is in the United States. You know that filing a copyright lawsuit is an option. Discuss the various alternatives you have available besides filing a lawsuit in order to protect the value of your business.

You work for a soda shop that is known for producing original soda recipes, where flavored syrups are added to different types of soda to create particular flavors. One example might be German Chocolate Cake, made by adding coconut, pecan and chocolate flavors to a particular brand of soda. You offer your sodas "regular" or "grungy." A grungy soda has heavy cream added to it to enhance the flavors. Your market research, and your sales, indicate that customers love sodas made "grungy" and affiliate that term with your company. Your company has trademarked the term "grungy" as it applies to flavor additives to sodas and other drinks. A competitor of yours, that also makes flavored soda drinks, also adds flavor enhancers. They have created two different webpages,haveitgrungy.comandgrungysoda.com. Discuss whether you have any claim under the ACPA.

You work as a public affairs director for a small company that is traded on a public stock exchange. On Friday, your boss calls you into her office and tells you that she has received bad news - a new product that was supposed to "hit the shelves" on Monday is not going to be released because it failed some last minute safety tests. This product was highly publicized and the general public has indicated great excitement about getting the product. She asks you to draft the statement that will be released on Monday when the product delay is announced. When you return to your office, you make some notes at your desk, and then leave for dinner to clear your head so you can start working on the press release. While you are gone, a colleague stops by your desk to chat and sees your notes on the desk. That colleague, who owns stock in the company, immediately calls his stock broker and sells off his stock before the bad news is public. You and your colleague are arrested for insider trading. While you did not sell any stock to avoid a loss, you are charged with giving that information to your colleague. Explain whether or not you should be found guilty of insider trading.

You work for a large company that manufactures metal piping. At a trade show, you meet the Mining Minister from a foreign government. She oversees all mining operations for that government. She tells you that the country is interested in exporting raw metal to the United States to supplement the country's treasury. She is willing to sell the metal to you for a very fair price. You consult with your boss and are given permission to sign a contract for $1 million of the metal from that country. You negotiate with her and sign a contract where that country will provide you a certain quantity of metal from its mines each month for a certain price. Two weeks later, you receive a letter from her assistant stating that the country will not be delivering the metal. Your boss wants to sue that country's government for breach of contract. Discuss whether or not you will be able to sue that country's government in a U.S. court.