Test 3 Flashcards
The law protects famous trademarks for being WATERED DOWN which is known as
Dilution
A company with a made up or fanciful name such as xerox would be said to have this type or trademark
Strong mark
The teacher makes a copy of a famous photograph from another textbook and hands it out to teach. This is protected by
The fair use exceptions act
If you invent something you try to get a ____ to be sure Boone else can sell or make it
Patent
The name Coke is a distinctive mark motto or device emblem that a manufacturer affixes to the goods is called
Trademark
In 2012 someone registered a domain name iphone5.com and tried to sue Apple. Apple won by
Cyber squatting
Courtney love was sued for defamation based on remarks she posted on Twitter about a fashion designer. The lawsuit that resulted falls into the category of
Cyber tots
Whenever Jennifer visits Facebook, add appear that are based on items that she has searched for. These invisible files are
Cookies
Facebook twitter and Pinterest are
Social media
Tom opened an online shoe store and to get customers he inserted keywords shoes boots and sandals. These are called
Web words
Eager biz company wants to borrow money from the finance state bank. The bank insists that Gwen, rangers president, agree to be personally liable for payment if eager defaults. Gwen agrees. She is
A guarantor
Sam and Jody agree to act as a guarantors on a loan made by Keenan. Keenan defaults on the payments and Jody refuses to pay. Now Sam has to pay the entire loan amount and Jody is obligated to pay back half by
The right of contriution
The smith family is completely broke and so far in debt they file for bankruptcy. Under this legal concept they may be able to retain the family home in its entirety or up to a dollar amount
Homestead exemption
Kirk contracts with Tanya to paint her house for $2500. He paints the house then Tanya refuses to pay him. He has to by
Mechanics lien
Jennifer consigned a loan with her friend Dave, when Dave didn’t make the last $500 in payments. Jennifer had to pay the remainder. Jennifer can now collect the $500 by
Right of subrogation