Sample Worksheet – Intellectual Property

Part 1 – An Internet search of Intellectual Property

A programmer is hired by the Have Fun Gaming Company. Her job is to write a children’s game that may have some commercial value. She writes the game and later leaves the company.

Assignment:

Do a search of the Internet to find three to five good articles to determine any legal basis for who owns the rights to the game.

If the programmer is later hired by another gaming company, search the Internet to find three to five good articles to determine if she can/cannot use the gaming concepts she learned at Have Fun Gaming Company.

Bring the articles to class and prepare to discuss them.