You and a small group of friends have plans to develop a new product that you believe will be revolutionary in the clean energy field: a new form of rechargeable battery that is smaller, more lightweight, and can hold more energy than anything else in the field. you are planning to form a company for your work, and want to make sure you get protections for your intellectual property in place right from the start. besides your product concept, you've got a catchy slogan and name for your company, and plan on developing a website with lots of content about the product and clean energy in general. identify the various types of intellectual property that you will need to protect. how will you protect this property? explain the steps you plan to take and how this will protect your property. make sure to discuss any limits on the protection. also, keep in mind that there may be more than one way to protect ip. if there are pros and cons to the options you choose, discuss them fully

During the first month of operations, martinson services, inc., completed the following transactions: jan 2 martinson services received $65,000 cash and issued common stock to the stockholders. 3 purchased supplies, $1,000, and equipment, $12,000, on account. 4 performed services for a customer and received cash, $5,500. 7 paid cash to acquire land, $39,000. 11 performed services for a customer and billed the customer, $4,100. martinson expects to collect within one month 16 paid for the equipment purchased january 3 on account. 17 paid for newspaper advertising, $600. 18 received partial payment from customer on account, $2,000. 22 paid the water and electricity bills, $430. 29 received $2,600 cash for servicing the heating unit of a customer. 31 paid employee salary, $2,900. 31 declared and paid dividends of $1,800. requirements 1. record each transaction in the journal. key each transaction by date. explanations are not required. 2. post the transactions to the t-accounts, using transaction dates as posting references. label the ending balance of each account bal, as shown in the chapter. 3. prepare the trial balance of martinson services, inc., at january 31 of the current year. 4. mark martinson, the manager, asks you how much in total resources the business has to work with, how much it owes, and whether january was profitable (and by how much)?

Demand increases by less than supply increases. as a result, (a) equilibrium price will decline and equilibrium quantity will rise. (b) both equilibrium price and quantity will decline. (c) both equilibrium price and quantity will rise

Suppose farmer lane grows and sells cotton in a perfectly competitive industry. the market price of cotton is $1.64 per kilogram, and his marginal cost of production is $1.44 per kilogram, which increases with output. assume farmer lane is currently earning a profit. can farmer lane do anything to increase his profit in the short run? farmer lane: a. cannot do anything to increase his profit. b. may or may not be able to increase his profit. c. can increase his profit by raising his price. d. can increase his profit by producing more output. e. can increase his profit by shutting down.