Brandon Fogg must solve two seemingly unrelated problems in its management, creative R & D professionals. First, although the professionals hired brilliant study, the company has a problem of commercialization of their ideas. Second, his most ingenious engineer invented a breakthrough, but refuses to assign intellectual property rights in the company, despite the fact agreed to do so in his employment contract. Fogg has to choose from a variety of options, including the prosecution of noncompete agreements. "Hide
by Lee Fleming, Matt Marx Source: Harvard Business School 10 pages. Publication Date: February 2, 2006. Prod. #: 606090-PDF-ENG
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