Soggy is fascinated by a new device that uses a GPS-like tracker to help owners locate their pets. He purchases the product, disassembles it, and uses it as a pattern for a similar device. The new device uses a less expensive casing, but otherwise has duplicated the technology. What legal concept may be represented in this action?

a. a copyright violation
b. a trademark violation
c. a patent violation
d. a fair use violation

The legal concept that may be represented in the action of this example is:

c. a patent violation

Explanation:

The reason behind this is that first of all copyright violation is the concept to describe the use of intellectual property or content without the permission of the holder of the property's rights. Trademark violation is the use of a brand logo, slogan, or watermarks to put them into a product that was not made by that brand. However, a patent violation is an act of replicating the technology a product uses, to create one with similar technology.