The intentional harmful or offensive touching
of another without his or her consent.
What is battery?
100
A process, a machine, a product,
a composition of matter, an improvement
on any of the above, an ornamental design
or a plant produced by asexual reproduction.
What are things that can be patented?
100
An agreement, upon sufficient consideration, to do or not do a particular thing.
What is a contract?
100
The oldest and simplest form of business ownership.
What is a sole proprietorship?
100
Land, things under land, and things attached to the land.
What is real property?
200
The intentional confinement of another person for
a period of time without his or her consent.
What is false imprisonment?
200
It protects original works of authorship.
What is copyright law?
200
A promise for an act.
What is a unilateral contract?
200
This type of relationship requires that each partner act in good faith for the benefit of the other.
What is a fiduciary relationship?
200
The primary way to transfer legal title.
What is through a deed?
300
The unprivileged publication of false statements
concerning another which could cause
damage to his or her reputation.
What is defamation?
300
This doctrine permits copying for teaching,
reporting, criticism, or parody.
It is a defense to copyright infringement.
What is the fair use doctrine?
300
An agreement which releases one party from the consequences brought about by wrongful acts or negligence.
What is an exculpatory clause or agreement?
300
The type of entity where the shares are held by a small group of shareholders (usually a family).
What is a close corporation?
300
Easements, adverse possession, and covenants are types of these.
What are servitudes?
400
A false statement of a materially important
fact, knowingly or recklessly made by
the defendant, with the intent to induce reliance
by the plaintiff, actual justifiable reliance by the
plaintiff, and harm to plaintiff.
What is fraud?
400
Words that are common and do not refer to products from a specific producer or when a former trademark loses its protection because of overuse.
What are generic marks?
400
This law governs contracts for the sale of land, contracts that cannot be performed within one year, promises to pay the debts of another, sale of goods over $500, prenups and promises to pay a decedent's debts.
What is the Statute of Frauds?
400
The type of entity that is treated like a corporation for liability reasons and like a partnership for tax reasons.
What is an LLC?
400
Form of ownership where each owner has an undivided interest in the property with no right of survivorship.
What is tenants in common?
500
Duty of care, breach of duty, causation, and injury.
What are the elements of negligence?
500
The statute that protects designs, logos, or words that manufacturers put on their goods.
What is the Lanham Act?
500
This rule restricts the use of oral statements at a trial.
What is the parol evidence rule?
500
A group that joins together to finance a specific project.
What is a syndicate?
500
The right to enter land owned by another and make certain use of it or to take something from it?