Mary is the cofounder of Acme Widgets, a manufacturing firm. Together with her partner, Joe, she has developed a special oil that will dramatically improve the widget manufacturing process. To keep the formula secret, Mary and Joe plan to make large quantities of the oil by themselves in the plant after the other workers have left. They want to protect this formula for as long as possible. What type of intellectual property protection best suits their needs?

Which of the following is an example of groupthink? select one: a. the five officers of tricom are planning a venture they know to be highly profitable. two know the plan to be illegal. nevertheless, they do not voice their concerns, but go along with the team's plan b. the five officers of tricom devise a highly profitable plan. tim, the cfo, points out to the group that the plan will likely garner the company a good deal of negative publicity. tim states that he will not endorse the team's plan c. jim, dean and dax draw up plans for a new printing company. they have all thought through their plans and no one has any criticisms or concerns d. two africans approach a motor company for a dealership. the company informs them that the vast majority of black dealers are not successful in making a profit they convince the africans against making the deal