Roomy is a stock broker who is known for quadrupling the…

  

Roomy is a stock broker who is known for quadrupling the… Roomy is a stock broker who is known for quadrupling the investments of her clients. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) begin to investigate her dealings, believing that she may be engaged in insider trading. Roomy, however, claims that her method for picking stock is based on a complex equation which factors in market trends, news stories, and a company’s public disclosures. The SEC asks Roomy to provide her equation to them, but Roomy refuses, arguing that it is a trade secret and she doesn’t want it exposed to the public. Under which of the following possibilities could Roomy provide the information to the SEC and maintain her intellectual property rights? a. If the SEC agrees to a protective order limiting the disclosure of the information.  b. She has no intellectual property rights in an equation that helps her pick stocks.  c. If she first applies for a patent protection on her equation.  d. If she first applies for copyright protection on her equation. Business Management Business Law BLAW 5175 Share (0)