BUG, Inc.BUG, Incorporated is a company that designs, manufactures and sells electronic recording devices. The majority of their clientele are companies working in the law enforcement field. The type of equipment they sell allows other conversations to be secretly eavesdropped via cell phone transmissions, wiretapping, and remote microphones. As with any business, BUG must ensure that it has different types of legal protection in place to ensure that its employees, suppliers and the business are protected. BUG should consider protections for its intellectual property, such as patents, copyrights, trademarks and contracts. A patent is a grant of property rights, approved by the Patent and Trademark Office. Patents are beneficial for BUG because some of BUG's equipment is controlled by software designed by the company's employees. A brand is a distinctive way in which a company's products and services are represented. Trademarks are in the form of a logo, symbol, words or brand names for packaging purposes and ensure the security of the BUG company logo during its international expansion. A copyright protects original literary and artistic works and sound recordings. BUG inventions are protected against reproduction by other copyright companies. WIRETAP, Inc. is a competitor of BUG. Steve, one of WIRETAP's current employees, got a job at BUG in the research and development department. While at BUG, ​​Steve forwarded customer relations emails, both domestic and international, as well as information about BUG product lines to WIRETAP. Many crimes are committed against commercial property and often involve theft or embezzlement. Steve agreed to take another company's property, namely tangible property, trade secrets, computer programs and other business property. Steve faces civil liability for theft and, more appropriately, theft. Additionally, Steve faces specific crimes committed only by businessmen, called white-collar crimes, involving trickery and deception. Embezzlement also applies when property is stolen by someone who has been told by BUG to be a key player in a civil case. WIRETAP is responsible for engaging in receiving stolen property or intentionally depriving the rightful owner of property. WIRETAP is also liable for obtaining property by dishonesty and deception, which constitutes the crime of false pretenses, also known as criminal fraud and deception. Depending on how the company intends to use the stolen information, intentional misrepresentation, misrepresenting the material fact, applies. Additionally, WIRETAP participates in a very common criminal offense, an ancient form of unfair competition that often occurs when a company attempts to sell its own product to a competitor...