So he ordered units and secured exclusive distribution for his country to steal their product and their patent.
How would they have avoided that? How could they have kept the right to any profits from future sales?
Copyright laws
"Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"
Well they didn't seem to have any contract, just an oral order. If they had everything in writing then they could have made sure the order wasn't cancellable.
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Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that I'll be over here looking through your stuff.