Other Business-Related Torts

Question 1

What is induing breach of contract?

Answer 1

Party A convinces Party B to break their contract with Party C. In this case, C can sue B for breach of contract and can also sue A for inducing the breach of contract

Question 2

What is unlawful interference with economic relations?

Answer 2

Using threats to convince a party to stop doing business with someone else. For example, if B does business with C and A threatens B with a fake complaint unless they stop doing business with C

Question 3

What is product defamation?

Answer 3

When one party makes untrue and disparaging remarks about another’s product in advertising their own and does so intentionally

Question 4

What is passing off?

Answer 4

Representing one’s own product as that of another