Deliverable 3- case a case application problem 3

Big Man on Campus Copy Shop (BMOC) compiles, copies, and sells reading materials to students on the instructions of their professors, who indicate which parts of which publications should be included. These include texts published by Smart Academics, Inc. BMOC does not obtain the permission of Smart Academics, or any of the other original publishers of the copied materials, and does not pay royalties on the sales of the compilations. Smart Academics and others file a suit against BMOC, alleging infringement of the plaintiff's intellectual property rights. Which type of intellectual property is involved in this situation? What is BMOCs likely defense? How is a court most likely to rule? Explain.