Blaw 210 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

copyright - protects original works of authorship. fair use - a defense of a claim to infrigement trademark - a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others trade dress - An image of a business that is so distinctive, it is only associated with that business Cybersquatting - registering a domain name that is confusingly similar to the trademark of another c...

BLAW 210 EXAM 2 GRIFFEATH WSU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024

Agency - A relationship between two parties in which one party, the agent, agrees to represent or act for the other, the principal. Power of attorney - Notary public - Equal dignity rule - Ratification - Respondeat superior - A doctrine under which a principal or an employer is held liable for the wrongful acts committed by agents or employees while acting within the course and scope of their tangency or employment. vicarious liability - Legal responsibility placed on one person for...

Imunnity - In exchange for testimony they don't get punished for their crimes. Percent of arrest that go to trial? - 3-5% What do you need to get an arrest warrant? - Probable cause Consitution - Documents that outline how the branches of the government are supposed to function, responsibilities and limitations for each branch, relationship between federal and state governments, and relationship between government and private individuals. What do you need to bring on a capital offense? - ...

How does an amendment get proposed? - ️️Can be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both houses of the U.S. Congress or by a request by two thirds of the state legislatures calling for a national convention to be convened. Amendment must be ratified by three-fourths of the state's legislatures or by three-fourths of the convention held in two-third of the states. Full Faith and Credit Clause - ️️Article IV, Section 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public ...

Sole Proprietorship - ️️The simplest form of business, in which the owner is the business. The owner reports business income on his or her personal income tax return and is legally responsible for all debts and obligations incurred by the business. Tarnishment - ️️A situation that occurs when a famous mark is linked to products of inferior quality or is portrayed in an unflattering, immoral, or reprehensible context likely to evoke negative beliefs about the mark's owner copyrig...

legal reasoning - ️️is the reasoning process used by judges in deciding what law applies to a given dispute and then applying that law to the specific facts or circumstances of the case. Ordinaces - ️️Statues passed by municipal or county governing units to govern matters not covered by federal law. constitional law - ️️highest law, can overide statue law & common law, laws come from the charter of rights and freedoms ( Supreme law of the land) Administrative Law - ️️consi...

Legal Process where neutral third party called an arbitrator hears the dispute and makes a decision - ️️Arbitration Unique, people interested in outcome of specific case can submit their own brief - ️️Amicus Curiae Brief Principles of right and wrong determined by one's own conscious - ️️Morality Set of rules of conduct recognized by particular group of individuals - ️️Ethics When judge who is not part of majority opinion writes down their own opinion setting forth the ...