University of Phoenix Material BUGusa, Inc., Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa, Inc., link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME, Inc., Advertisement Has WIRETIME, Inc., committed any torts? If so, explain. WIRETIME, Inc. (WIRETIME) has committed trade libel. WIRETIME’s advertisement satisfies the three conditions of trade libel as defined by our text (Melvin, 2011, p.212): 1. Clear and specific reference to the disparaged
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Case Scenario: BUGusa, Inc. Learning Team D LAW/421 March 31, 2014 Tom Poulton The United States legal system provides certain rights and protections for intellectual property, which could be useful to BUGusa, Inc. The kind of property that results from mental labor are considered intellectual property. “Rights and protections for owners of intellectual property are based on federal patent, trademark and copyright laws and state trade secret laws” (AIPLA.org, Para. 1). Patents protect
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Scenario: BUGusa, Inc. (Sally) Sally may have a successful case against BUGusa, Inc., for what torts? Explain your answer. Issue Was Sally injured by her employer due to a Negligence Tort? Was Sally injured by BUGusa due to the defective product under the Strict Liability Tort? Rule Negligence Tort (NT) is an accidental (without willful intent) event that caused harm to another party. Strict Liability Tort (SLT) is where a tortfeasor may be held liable for an act regardless of intent or willfulness
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University of Phoenix Material BUGusa, Inc., Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa, Inc., link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME, Inc., Advertisement Has WIRETIME, Inc., committed any torts? If so, explain. WIRETIME has carried out an intentional business associated tort generally known as Defamation. In this case all 4 factors of defamation are there. A defamatory declaration was made; it was displayed to a 3rd
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University of Phoenix Material BUGusa, Inc., Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa, Inc., link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME, Inc., Advertisement Has WIRETIME, Inc., committed any torts? If so, explain. WIRETIME Inc has committed a Tort against BUGusa, assuming there is not data to support its claim. In the example given WIRETIME, Inc published in a magazine seemingly false claim about product quality and reliability. This advertising
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Bugusa, Inc. Worksheet LAW/421 Version 2 1 University of Phoenix Material BUGusa, Inc., Worksheet Use the scenarios in the BUGusa, Inc., link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME, Inc., Advertisement Has WIRETIME, Inc., committed any torts? If so, explain. In the case of WIRETIME, Inc., tort has been committed. Per the reading, “a tort is when one party has acted, or in some cases failed to act, and that action or inaction triggered a loss to
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Nike recently released an advertisement video on July 13th, 2015, “Short A Guy,” the hit video has been seen on TV and has over three million views on YouTube. As a company, Nike has set out to have the gear that will make the customer look as nice as they play. Top flight athletes all across the country use their gear, and in this advertisement it showed the likes of Mike Trout, Andrew Luck, and Anthony Davis all wearing Nike apparel playing their own respective sports. Trying to get the audience
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see one side of a monster. Two works that suggest monsters becoming heroes are The Cat in the Hat and Monsters Inc. At first, these monsters come about as scary looking but that’s not how these selctions end up; finishing with a twist in the end with monsters showing a care for human children. While written 40 years apart, Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat and Pete Docter’s film Monsters Inc. demonstrate responsible behavior in interactions with children and show the flawed characters who though their
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The advertisement gets the audience attention effectively by utilizing the rhetorical element of pathos. The advertisement does this by using an overweight boy so that the viewers can in a way relate to this boy struggle of trying to lose weight and be active. By doing so the advertisement makes the audience feel empathy for the boy. The advertisement also appeals to your emotions by staying in just a single shot of just the boy jogging; by doing so you get a full view of the facial expression visually
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Nike has been around much longer than most would think and continues to be the leading trend setter in athletic wear. Nike was started in January of 1964. The athletic company began as just a small clothing distributing company out of the truck of Phil Knight’s, owner and CEO of Nikes, Car. The Saying you started from the bottom is very true when it comes to Nike who now leads in sales of all athletic gear compared to Adidas who at the time of 1964 was the most popular athletic company. From starting
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