BUG, Inc., a company based in the United States., designs, manufactures, and sells electronic recording devices. These devices are used by law enforcement agencies to intercept and record sounds and voices. The equipment taps into telephone wires, cell phone transmissions, and picks up sounds and voices through the walls of a house or in open-air locations through the use of a remote microphone. Part of the equipment is driven by software written by BUG employees. BUG has exclusive contracts with most state and federal law enforcement agencies throughout the United States. BUG is thinking about expanding its sales to international markets. Currently, half of its manufacturing plants are in foreign countries and half are in the U.S. The company’s logo is a ladybug wearing a set of headphones. b. Write a 500-word paper answering the following questions: 1) Identify the different type(s) and major elements of legal protections BUG should have for its intellectual property. Explain why these protections are necessary. 2) Earlier this year, WIRETAP, Inc., a competitor headquartered in Canada, sent one of its employees, Steve, to BUG to get the software coding for a new BUG product line. BUG, not realizing Steve was an employee of WIRETAP, hired him to work in its research and development department in the United States. While working at BUG, Steve forwarded any BUG e-mail he received to WIRETAP. This included e-mail between BUG officers (both domestic and abroad) that Steve intercepted using his hacking ability. At the end of each week, Steve contacted his boss at WIRETAP’s headquarters and gave him all the information he obtained about the BUG product line. Identify any international conflict of law issues which could impact any potential civil liability of Steve and WIRETAP. 3) Walter, a security guard for BUG, learns that Steve really works for WIRETAP. Walter takes Steve to a small soundproof room where he keeps him for six hours. During this time, Walter continues to ask Steve what he is doing at BUG and what information he has given to WIRETAP. Walter tells Steve that he will hurt him if he does not tell him everything. Steve finally tells Walter what he wants to know. Walter then lets Steve go home. Has Walter committed any torts? Distinguish how tort law is different from other areas of law.