Week 6 Reading Reflection

1. The biggest surprise for me in the reading was reading about patents and that fact that even if a business has an idea patented already, it doesn't mean that any other ideas relating to that patent are nulled. I didn't realize how complicated and extensive the knowledge and use of patents were until reading the chapter for this week and I found it a very interesting section in the textbook.

2. One part of the reading that was confusing to me was the law on trademark. After re-reading the section a couple times I understood the concept but at first I thought it was a tricky one to grasp.

3. If I could ask the author two questions I would ask: Why are overzealous employees the problem if it would be a good thing that employees are excited for an arising opportunity? My next question would be: What kind of insurance specifically should a firm adopt if they are not selling a specific product or occupy a certain space for production?

4. There wasn't really anywhere in this chapter that I disagreed with the author or thought anything that was said was false.