Reference no: EM133334104
Question: Read and understand the following scenario and create an essay using the guide questions
• It is 1980 and Bingo software has just developed a new operating system called BOS
• Bingo is a small firm and needed venture capital to start up
• It spent 3 years bringing the product to the market, after which it launched and sold well for a year
• it has recovered about 25% of initial investments
• Pirate Pete entered the market with PPOS which is cheaper and has more features than BOS-but it appears to be a copied or slightly modified version of BOS
• copying of BOS is rampant with customers making copies
•Bingo did not last long and went bankrupt within a year
Guide Questions
•Do you think that this is unfair?
• Has PPOS wronged Bingo?
•Have the customers wronged Bingo?
• What steps should Bingo have done before, during and after their OS launch in order to protect their intellectual property?