Questions from Business Law

Q: The first group will outline Pfizer’s ethical responsibility under the corporate social

The first group will outline Pfizer’s ethical responsibility under the corporate social responsibility doctrine. To whom does Pfizer owe duties? (b) The second group will formulate an argument on beha...

Q: Finjan, Inc., owns a patent—U.S.

Finjan, Inc., owns a patent—U.S. Patent No. 7,418,731, or “the ‘731 patent”—for a system and method that provide computer security from malicious software embedded in websites on the Internet. The sys...

Q: Cybercrime costs consumers billions of dollars per year, and it costs

Cybercrime costs consumers billions of dollars per year, and it costs businesses, including banks and other credit-card issuers, even more. Nonetheless, when cyber criminals are caught and convicted,...

Q: Brandy Austin used powdered infant formula manufactured by Nestlé USA, Inc

Brandy Austin used powdered infant formula manufactured by Nestlé USA, Inc., to feed her infant daughter. Austin claimed that a can of the formula was contaminated with Enterobacter sakazakii bacteria...

Q: In Texas, Chigger Ridge Ranch, L.P., operated

In Texas, Chigger Ridge Ranch, L.P., operated a 700-acre commercial hunting area called Coyote Crossing Ranch (CCR). Chigger Ridge leased CCR and its assets for twelve months to George Briscoe’s compa...

Q: The following situations are similar, but each represents a variation of

The following situations are similar, but each represents a variation of a particular crime. Identify the crime involved in each of the following situations. (See Cyber Crime.) (a) Chen, posing fraudu...

Q: Hanjuan Jin, a citizen of China, worked as a software

Hanjuan Jin, a citizen of China, worked as a software engineer for Motorola for many years in a division that created proprietary standards for cellular communications. Contrary to Motorola’s policies...

Q: Eagle Corporation began marketing software under the mark “Eagle.” Ten

Eagle Corporation began marketing software under the mark “Eagle.” Ten years later, Eagle.com, Inc., a different company selling different products, begins to use eagle as part of its URL and register...

Q: Jason Smathers, an employee of America Online (AOL), misappropriated

Jason Smathers, an employee of America Online (AOL), misappropriated an AOL customer list with 92 million screen names. He sold the list for $28,000 to Sean Dunaway, who sold it to Braden Bournival. B...

Q: One August morning, around 6:30 a.m.,

One August morning, around 6:30 a.m., a fire occurred at Ray and Christine Nixon’s home in West Monroe, Louisiana, while the Nixons were inside the home. The Nixons told Detective Gary Gilley of the O...