- Creative Cuisines, an American distributor, had an exclusive agreement with LeClerc Machines de Cuisine, a French manufacturer, to distribute its products in the United States. However, 6 months later Creative Cuisines discovered another company, Reliable Restaurant, was also selling LeClerc products in potential violation of the exclusive agreement. - Creative Cuisines is analyzing its options to address the situation, which include doing nothing and hoping consumers recognize Reliable as "pirates", taking legal action against Reliable or LeClerc, ending the agreement with LeClerc, or merging with Reliable. It is recommended to continue investigating Reliable's