Intellectual Property
This last forever if the owner keeps it safe.
What is a trade secret?
These types of crimes are often committed for financial gain, often though deception.
What is white collar crime?
This is the most common form of doing business in the U.S.
What is a sole proprietorship?
This act sought to expand the promise of equal opportunity in the workplace to cover persons with disabilities.
What is the ADA? (Americans with Disabilities Act)
This is a political entity that governs the affairs of its own territory without being subjected to an outside authority.
What is a sovereign state?
This type confers the right to exclude others.
What is a patent?
This type of white collar crime uses deception to acquire money or property.
What is fraud?
Owners of this type of business entity are called shareholders.
What is a corporation?
What is the Equal Pay Act?
This is another name for an import tax.
What is a tariff?
This is anything that identifies the unique origin of goods and services.
What is a trademark?
This crime is the taking of property with the intent to deprive the owner of the property.
What is Larceny?
Owners can carry on business operations under a fictitious name by filing one of these.
What is a D.B.A. (Doing Business As ...)?
You need to file your Title VII complaint with this federal commission.
What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)?
These are simply limits on quantity of a good.
What is a quota?
To obtain this, authors don't need to send their work to the government for their approval.
What is copyright?
This act, if violated, can add substantial prison time to a convicted criminal's sentence.
What is RICO? (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
This type of business entity is formed when two or more persons agree to share profits.
What is a general partnership?
This term alleges that a defendant employer acted intentionally to discriminate against the victim, because of the victim's membership in a protected class.
What is disparate treatment?
This applies to goods that are prohibited by law to import because they are dangerous to public safety.
What is a ban?
This generally lasts 70 years past the death of the author.
What is copyright protection?
This occurs when someone pays a government official to influence the person's decision or actions in his or her situation to benefit them.
What is bribery?
This is a hybrid form of business organizations that offer benefits of a corporation and a partnership.
What is an LLC (Limited Liability Corporation)?
This act prohibits acts of retaliation against anyone who complains about or participates in any employment discrimination complaint.
What is Title VII?
This applies to the sale of goods between parties from countries that are signatories to this treaty.
What is the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods? (CISG)