Questions from Business Law

Q: Victoria Berridge, Robert Cook, Robert Walsh, and the pilot

Victoria Berridge, Robert Cook, Robert Walsh, and the pilot, Scott Cowan, boarded a Twin Otter airplane for a skydiving expedition. Shortly after takeoff, the right engine failed and the airplane cras...

Q: Western Manufacturing, Incorporated manufactures a mobile pump for the commercial application

Western Manufacturing, Incorporated manufactures a mobile pump for the commercial application of stucco to buildings. The pump consists of a diesel engine, a mixer for the stucco, a batch hopper, a pu...

Q: Dwayne Maddox and his wife, Amanda, were driving home on

Dwayne Maddox and his wife, Amanda, were driving home on a highway in their Nissan Pathfinder SUV. Dwayne, who was driving the vehicle, weighed 170 pounds, and Amanda, who was sitting in the passenger...

Q: Taser International, Inc. manufactures a product commonly known as a

Taser International, Inc. manufactures a product commonly known as a “taser.” Tasers have prongs or cords that emit high-voltage electrical currents that when they touch a person’s body, immobilize th...

Q: Intex Recreation Corporation designed and sold the Extreme Sno-Tube II

Intex Recreation Corporation designed and sold the Extreme Sno-Tube II. This snow tube is ridden by a user down snow-covered hills and can reach speeds of 30 miles per hour. The snow tube has no steer...

Q: Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw filed a patent application with the U

Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The application sought patent protection for a claimed invention that explains how buyers and...

Q: Zura Kazhiloti sold jewelry bearing the luxury brand names “Cartier”

Zura Kazhiloti sold jewelry bearing the luxury brand names “Cartier” and “Van Cleef & Arpels” to jewelry stores. The retailers then sold the jewelry through their brick-and-mortar stores, through webs...

Q: James W. Newton Jr. is an accomplished avant-garde

James W. Newton Jr. is an accomplished avant-garde jazz composer and flutist. Newton wrote the song “Choir,” a piece for flute and voice that incorporated elements of African American gospel music. Ne...

Q: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC (Kraft) is a well-

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC (Kraft) is a well-known manufacturer of food products sold in more than 15,000 grocery stores located throughout the United States. Many of its packaged cheeses that are s...

Q: Dodger Productions, Inc. and Dodger Theatricals, Ltd. (

Dodger Productions, Inc. and Dodger Theatricals, Ltd. (Dodger) produced a stage musical called Jersey Boys. The musical is a historical dramatization about the American 1960s rock ’n’ roll singing gro...