Business Law Ivy Tech Final Exam |Questions
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River Rock Company makes spas and hot tubs. Sterling files a product liability suit against River
Rock, alleging a warning defect in one of its products. In deciding whether to hold the
defendant liable, the court may take note that a manufacturer or seller has no duty to warn
about risks that are - ✔✔Obvious
Diego is arrested for a theft committed by someone who stole his identity. A court orders his
release, but due to a police error in Diego's paperwork, he is held in jail for a month. The police
are most likely liable for - ✔✔False imprisonment
SmartTalk, Inc., makes and markets cell phones and related accessories. When problems
develop with SmartTalk products or sales, the company may be liable in product liability for any
of the following except
A. a manufacturing defect
B. A design defect
C. An inadequate warning
D. An ineffective marketing plan - ✔✔D
Lipstik, Inc. makes cosmetics. Lipstik intentionally mislabels its packaged products to conceal a
defect. Trusting and relying on the mislabeling, Mikayla buys a Lipstik product and suffers an
injury. Lipstik is most likely liable for - ✔✔Fraud
Trade names have the same legal protection as trademarks. - ✔✔True
The first person to invent a product obtains the patent rights rather than the first person to file
an application for a patent. - ✔✔False
, Bubbly Cola features Sparkly Cola's trademark without its owner's permission. Bubbly's use of
the mark is actionable provided - ✔✔Consumers are confused
A copy must be exactly the same as the original to infringe a copyright. - ✔✔False
GreatGro, Inc., makes genetically modified seeds with properties that are identical to Hearty
Harvest Corporation's patented seeds, without Hearty Harvest's permission. This is most likely -
✔✔Patent infringement
A personal name is protected under trademark law if it acquires a secondary meaning. -
✔✔True
All aspects of software are protected by copyright law. - ✔✔False
Chris operates the Devil's Brew chain of coffee stands. "Devil's Brew" is - ✔✔A trade name
Theft of confidential data by industrial espionage is a theft of trade secrets. - ✔✔True
In 2016, Kelly writes Like the Wind, a novel about marathoners and ultra marathoners. Kelly
does not register the work with the appropriate government office. Under federal copyright
law, Kelly's work is protected - ✔✔For the life of the author plus 70 years
Without authorization, Brady uses the trademark of Ciera Coffee Company to promote cheap,
flavorless candy, which is not similar to Ciera's products but diminishes the quality of the coffee
company's mark. This is - ✔✔Trademark dilution
Sales & Revenue, Inc., discovers that defamatory statements about its policies and products are
being posted in an online forum. TransWeb Inc., the Internet service provider whose users are
posting the messages, refuses to disclose the identity of the person or persons responsible.
Sales & Revenue files a suit against the anonymous users. The plaintiff can obtain from
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