Intellectual Property
6 Types of intellectual properties
3 Types of privacy
Stare Decisis, or the rule of precedence means....
Past court decisions determining present cases
A legal offer must be what 3 things?
Clear
Concise
Unconditional
Insolvent
Refers to bankruptcy; unable to repay debts
Patents last for
20 years
PIPEDA stands for
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document Act
3 levels of our court system
Trial
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
An offer and the acceptance must.....
Mirror each other
Liability of tort:
Fault
Industrial Designs last for
5 years
When is using employee surveillance appropriate?
As a last resort, when all other options have failed
2 reasons businesses avoid going to court
Time
Expenses
Term when an offer expires
Lapse
"Consent" is used interchangeably with which contract element?
Intention
Trademark lasts for
15 years
When running a business, following the PIPEDA standard is optional. True or False?
False
7 elements of contract
When an offer is cancelled
Revocation
Chancery is used interchangeably with
Equity
Copyright lasts
50 years after author's debt
Is the following statement apart of PIPEDA?
businesses need policies and guidelines governing the safe and secure destruction of the information
Yes
5 examples of parties that don't have capacity to enter a contract
Minors
People with diminished capacity
Bankrupt debtors
Enemy aliens
Corporations
Name of the rule that allows mailed responses from an offer to be considered as long as the stamped date is before the lapse date
Parole Evidence Rule
negotiable instrument
a written contract containing a promise to pay a specific sum of money to a person