What would you do about a museum that became involved with a very small
company,  signed a contract with them that allowed them to share the
profits (but no ownership) from an idea that this company was shopping
around for partners, and proceeded to muscle the company around and then
basically copied the idea.  Normal legal channels did not function,
because of the large costs that litigation would cause,  as well as the
facts that the smaller company was forced to pull back and consequently
theri project was delayed.  This nixed the last legal option because
without a ready product,  the company could not prove damages, because
their product was not "on the market".

This is basically a real awful case of lack of ethics,  and the egos of an
institution running away with themselves.

Anyone know of any lawyers or law firms with any expertise,  how about
industry-wide ethics panels?  I think they are in a position to do
something now,  and I personally think that they should.  There should be
some semblance of ethics left in this country and maybe I'm crazy,  but I
really think that those who "wrong" should be punished.