Questions from Business Law

Q: Since the 1950s Qualitex Company has used a special shade of green

Since the 1950s Qualitex Company has used a special shade of green-gold color on the pads that it makes and sells to dry cleaning firms for use on dry cleaning presses. In 1989 Jacobson Products (a Qu...

Q: Napster, Inc. (“Napster”), facilitates the transmission of MP3

Napster, Inc. (“Napster”), facilitates the transmission of MP3 files between and among its users. Through a process commonly called “peer-to-peer” file sharing, Napster allows its users to: (1) Make...

Q: Jennings conceived a secret process for the continuous freeze-drying of

Jennings conceived a secret process for the continuous freeze-drying of foodstuffs and related products and constructed a small pilot plant that practiced the process. However, Jennings lacked the fin...

Q: Stella, a chemist, was employed by Johnson, a manufacturer

Stella, a chemist, was employed by Johnson, a manufacturer, to work on a secret process for Johnson’s product under an exclusive three-year contract. Johnson employed Dabney, a salesperson, on a week-...

Q: Conrad and Darby were competitors in the business of dehairing raw cashmere

Conrad and Darby were competitors in the business of dehairing raw cashmere, the fleece of certain Asiatic goats. Dehairing is the process of separating the commercially valuable soft down from the ma...

Q: The plaintiff, while dining at the defendant’s restaurant, ordered a

The plaintiff, while dining at the defendant’s restaurant, ordered a chicken pot pie. While she was eating, she swallowed a sliver of chicken bone, which became lodged in her throat, causing her serio...

Q: Sally, having filed locally an affidavit required under the assumed name

Sally, having filed locally an affidavit required under the assumed name statute, has been operating and advertising her exclusive toy store for twenty years in Centerville, Illinois. Her advertising...

Q: Gibbons, Inc., and Marvin Corporation are manufacturers who sell a

Gibbons, Inc., and Marvin Corporation are manufacturers who sell a variety of household cleaning products in interstate commerce. On national television Gibbons states that its laundry liquid is biode...

Q: George McCoy of Florida has been manufacturing and distributing a cheesecake for

George McCoy of Florida has been manufacturing and distributing a cheesecake for more than five years, labeling his product with a picture of a cheesecake, which serves as a background for a Florida b...

Q: Sony Corporation manufactured and sold home video recorders, specifically Betamax videotape

Sony Corporation manufactured and sold home video recorders, specifically Betamax videotape recorders (VTRs). Universal City Studios, Inc. (Universal) owned the copyrights on some programs aired on co...