INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Order Description In each of the following scenarios, identify the issue(s) and state how you would address them. Each response should be at least a paragraph long. Background: You are the Executive Director of ABC Arts, a nonprofit art gallery working with Abby Artist on her upcoming photography exhibition of “Michigan Squirrels in the Wild.” 1) You want to market the exhibition and sell t-shirts, tote bags, and note cards with Abby Artist’s images from her exhibition. a. Abby Artist grants you permission to do so. b. Abby Artist only grants you permission to do so for the duration of the exhibition, and only within the greater Lansing area. 2) Abby Artist wants to sell t-shirts, tote bags, and note cards with her images from the exhibition worldwide, but you do not want her to do so because she would sell them for 25% less than what you would be able to sell them for at your gallery and on your website. 3) One of Abby Artist’s most popular pieces in the exhibition “Red Squirrel No. 2” is used by your ABC Arts’ intern, Chad, on social media, but Chad changes the background color and superimposes the Lansing skyline in the back. a) The social media referred to in 2) belong to ABC Arts. b) The social media referred to in 2) belong to Chad personally. 4) For the purposes of this scenario only, imagine that ABC Arts and Abby Artist worked together on the photographs that comprise the exhibition, whereby ABC Arts provided location assistance and made suggestions regarding lighting and composition, and Abby Artist brought along her assistant, Steve Sculptor, and took the photos herself. 5) For the purposes of this scenario only, imagine that ABC Arts requested Abby Artist to create the photographs that comprise the exhibition, provided Abby Artist with equipment, told her what locations to use, and paid her a salary for 6-months. 6) For the purposes of this scenario only, imagine that ABC Arts requested Abby Artist to create the photographs that comprise the exhibition but provided no additional direction or equipment. 7) After the exhibition has concluded, ABC Arts takes another popular photograph, “Black Squirrel No. 3” by Abby Artist and asks Steve Sculptor to recreate everything exactly as it is in the photo in ceramic. 8) Immediately prior to the exhibition opening, Abby Artist gets into some legal trouble and receives a lot of negative press. Her images are wildly popular so you want to keep selling them, but you don’t want to be associated with Abby Artist, so you remove her name from exhibition marketing. You also remove her name from items that you sell (notecards, t-shirts, tote bags, etc.) 9) Abby Artist curates her exhibition in the outdoor courtyard of ABC Arts, using the trees and other plant life as the “frames” for her photos, and it is a huge success. You want to bring the exhibition back during the holiday season, but this would require the exhibition occurring indoors. Abby Artist objects to the photography exhibit being placed indoors.