INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INSURANCE

After facing some initial problems in obtaining a new lemon supply, your brother’s lemonade business has really taken off. Some local grocery stores now want to sell his lemonade in bottles at their stores. While you previously were under the impression that the only ingredients in his lemonade were lemon juice and sugar, you recently find out that there is actually a secret blend of spices and natural sweeteners in his lemonade that give it a unique flavor.

You are of course proud of your brother and happy you have been giving him some solid legal advice. But as you’ve problem come to realize at this point, the more a business grows the more legal challenges it may face. As protective older sibling you have become worried that others may take advantage of your brother’s success. More specifically, you want your brother to take steps to protect his valuable lemonade know-how from competitors. Furthermore, you also want your brother’s business to have some minimal level of insurance to protect against new risks that a larger size business may face.

For this assignment, review the background materials carefully and then write a two to three page paper addressing the following issues:

1. What kind of protection should your brother try to obtain for his lemonade recipe – a patent or some form of trade secret protection? How should your brother go about obtaining this protection? Refer to Ambrozy (2012) or to Chapter 10 of DuBoff (2004) in your answer.
2. Your brother’s lemonade stands only have a sign saying “Lemonade Stand”, and he wants the lemonade bottles sold in grocery stores to have a label saying “Fresh Squeezed Lemonade” on them. In your opinion, will your brother be able to get trademark protection for “Lemonade Stand” or “Fresh Squeezed Lemonade”? Why or why not? If not, give some examples of alternative trademarks that he might be able to get protection for. Refer to Ambrozy (2012), Bouchoux (2001), or Chapter 11 of DuBoff (2004) in your answer.
3. Your brother has enough income from his business to be able to afford one or two types of insurance. What kind of insurance do you think would offer him the best protection against lawsuits? Explain your reasoning, and support your answer with references to Chapter 18 of DuBoff (2004) or the article on small business insurance basics listed in the background materials.

SLP Assignment Expectations

• Answer the assignment questions directly.
• Stay focused on the precise assignment questions. Don’t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.
• Make sure to use reliable and credible sources as your references. Articles published in established newspapers or business journals/magazines are preferred. If you find articles on the Internet, make sure they are from a credible source.
• Reference your sources of information with both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 13 and 14 on in-text citations. Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC Portal.

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