Chapter 9 HW

Question 1

T/F: A social media post is NOT subject to discovery in litigation

Answer 1

False

Question 2

T/F: Cybersquatting is illegal only if a domain name is identical to the trademark of another, not if the name is merely confusingly similar

Answer 2

False

Question 3

T/F: Employers may not create social media policies which their employees must follow

Answer 3

False

Question 4

T/F: Mary, a middle school teacher, posts on Facebook that her students “are a bunch of immoral future criminals.” She’s fired from her job. Mary had a 1st amendment right to post her opinion and can’t be fired

Answer 4

False

Question 5

CallTalk Corporation, a phone-time seller, uses its mark “calltalk” as its domain name. Later, Converse Inc. used the domain name “callltalk” (a deliberate misspelling of “calltalk”) w/o CallTalk’s authorization, to sell explicit phone convos. This is…

Answer 5

Trademark dilution

Question 6

Keisha is an employee of Leeway Corporation. She uses social media in a way that violates her employer’s social media policies. Leeway first disciplined her, and fits her after a second transgression. Is this within Leeway’s rights as an employer?

Answer 6

Yes