Wsu 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...

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...

Morality - Principles of right and wrong determined by one's own conscious Ethics - Set of rules of conduct recognized by particular group of individuals Jurisprudence - Philosophy of Law Utility Theory - Most good, least harm Rights Theory - Respect rights of all who have a stake in the outcome Justice Theory - Treat everyone equally Common Good - Greatest amount of good for public Virtue Theory - Representation of someone with good character Business Ethics - Application of code to bu...

felony - a crime that is serious and typical punishment is more than a year in prison Misdemeanor - Less serious crimes punishable by under a year (less than 6 months most of the time) in county jail (in WA only 90 days) violation/infraction - Least serious crime, punishable most often by a fine malum en se - "wrong in itself" - no one has to tell you that murdering is bad, you should just know to not kill someone Malum Prohibitum - wrong because the law says its wrong - drinking under ...

Louis hits peter in the head with a frying pan for staying out too late. She is arrested and charged with battery. Peter tells the prosecutor that he does not want to press charges. - - Louis can still be charged with the crime Shannon uses a racial slur on a Facebook post and her employer, Wizbang inc., fires her. Shannon sues Wizbang for wrongful termination claiming that they violated her First Amendment rights. What happens? - - Wizbang wins - the first amendment doesn't protect you fr...

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