Samantha Was in the Final Stages of Selling Her Existing

question 4

Multiple Choice

Samantha was in the final stages of selling her existing business, but she backed out of the deal at the last minute because the buyer asked her to sign a contract stating that she would not enter into a similar business within the state for at least 15 years. This is an example of ______.

• A) a reasonable intellectual property contract
• B) an unreasonable intellectual property contract
• C) a reasonable noncompete clause
• D) an unreasonable noncompete clause

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