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Week Four Midterm Essay

Six months ago, Acme, Inc. received a patent on a drug that will cure cancer. Acme’s president has publicly stated he has no plans to market the drug. Beta, Inc. copies the drug and releases it on the market. Beta makes no profit on the sale of this drug and only charges enough to cover its costs in manufacturing. In 1500 – 2100 words, address the following:

1. Identify the intellectual property implications in this scenario.

2. Discuss how alternative dispute resolution applies.

3. Identify the ethical dilemma faced by Acme, and the dilemma faced by Beta. Use two ethical frameworks to discuss the recommended course of action by both companies.

Use at least four credible sources, one of which is the assigned textbook in this class. Your response must include four credible/quality references.

Your essay must be in APA 6^th edition format, and include a title page and references page. An abstract is not required. Please name your assignment file as 'lastnamefirstinitial-Midterm.

Upon submission, your paper will be automatically submitted to Turnitin. You are expected to submit your final version of your essay no later than midnight EST, Day 7.

If you need further clarification, please don't hesitate to contact me.

WARNING: No more than 10% of your writing should consist of quotes from other sources. The vast majority of your work should be your own original analysis. Paraphrase what you read instead of quoting. Also, review plagiarism.org, as this shows that a paper that consists of quotes strung together is not original and is plagiarism. Using too many quotes will bump you into this category.

Criterion	Unsatisfactory (Below 80%)	Satisfactory (80% - 89%)	Exceptional (90% - 100%)
Intellectual property	Did not sufficiently define intellectual property concepts.	Clearly analyzed and discussed intellectual property concepts that apply to the scenario.	Thoroughly defined, analyzed and discussed intellectual property concepts that apply to the scenario.
Alternative Dispute Resoution	Did not sufficiently define alternative dispute resolution concepts.	Clearly analyzed and discussed alternative dispute resolution concepts that apply to the scenario.	Provided a thorough analysis on talternative dispute resolution concepts that apply to the scenario.
Ethical Frameworks	Did not clearly identify or discuss the ethical dilemma faced by both companies, or did not use two ethical frameworks.	Defined two ethical frameworks and applied them to two ethical dilemmas faced by the companies.	Provided a detailed analysis on two ethical frameworks and thoroughly applied the frameworks to two ethical dilemmas faced by the companies.
Provided research to support arguments	Little or no evidence of research. No citations present in essay or significant instances of missing citations. Overuse of quoted material. Use of non-credible sources. Did not use the text and three external sources.	Some sections of the essay supported by research. Some citations, however not all of the essay is correctly cited. At least three sources used, in addition to the text.	All arguments supported by research. All research is correctly documented with in-text citations and a reference page.Four or more sources used, in addition to the text.
Essay is 1500 - 2100 words	Essay did not meet the minimum word count of 1500 words	Essay exceeded the word count of 2100 words. Writing could be more concise	Essay is between 1500 - 2100 words
APA Formatting	Essay is not double- spaced or is missing a title page or reference page. Frequent citation errors. References appear on reference list but not cited in essay.	Most citations are in APA format.	Essay is double- spaced, contains a title page and a reference page.
Mechanics	Frequent grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. Use of first and second person, instead of third person.	Minor grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.	Technically flawless, mechanically and grammatically correct.
Format	Organization and structure developing but still some illogic in flow. Missing conclusion. Lack of sub-headers	Organization and structure are clear but presentation could be more precise.	Organization and structure of the paper are clear and easy to follow.