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    1. Who owns the copyright in the photo of Ms McFamous posing with the portrait of her by Ms Paints? Explain. Ms. Celebrity owns the copyright. The general principle is that copyright protects works of artistic craftsmanship. Owning an original work such as a painting does not mean that you own the copyright of the work, copyright ownership remains in the hands of the artist unless the work was commissioned for “private or domestic use”, if taken for any other purpose; commercial shots etc., then

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    Derek Sowers Business 2 40307 Fall 2014 College of Alameda 11/30/2014 Student Learning Outcomes: Business Law The American law system is loosely based on a system of principles of right and wrong. U.S. case decisions are combined with the common law system to form what we know as law. The common law and statutes can be applied directly to businesses and business transactions. Although civil law codes can be found throughout the individual states law codes; the predominate system of codes is the

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    Equal Employment Opportunity Law & Small Business The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a “five-member body appointed by the President to establish equal employment opportunity policy under the laws it administers” (p. 827, Twomey & Jennings, 2014). The EEOC is “responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person 's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older)

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    decided to write an article about the Muscadine grapes, the demand for the product became highly requested. I believe that is when Marshall decided to write up a contract to save himself in profiting of what he has been getting. That is when our business relationship began to fail. The best thing for me to do is see how we can both benefit. Although the contract is signed under false pretense. I have to look to the scripture Ephesians 4:2 “With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing

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    Effectively, the decision also increases the likelihood for the applicants to remain onshore while lodging the application. Moreover, the court’s decision might have retrospective effect on previous cases which were decided based on the time of the compelling circumstances arose though they still need to be determined on their facts. QUESTION 2 What principles of statutory interpretations (if any) were utilized by the Federal Court in this case? The Full Court held that there were jurisdictional

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    Harry (H) who is the father of James (J) is attempting to sue J for a breach in contract and is seeking damages of $30,000 which he believes is the outstanding amount that is owed to him by J. This case touches on the fundamental concepts of contract law where H can only claim damages if the formation of a valid contract between the two parties is evident via the elements of a contract, including intention, agreement, consideration, legal capacity, genuine consent and legality of objects must be established

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    Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 is the most frequently cited attempt to rationalize the duty of care: ¡°You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. ¡± Who then in law is my neighbour? He defined the neighbour as ¡°persons who are so closely

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    ANSWERS TO AICPA QUESTIONS CHAPTER 10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE INTERNET 1. (a) Computer software is covered under the general copyright laws and is therefore usually copyrightable as an expression of ideas. Answer (b) is incorrect because copyrights in general do not need a copyright notice for works published after March 1, 1989. Answer (c) is incorrect because a recent court ruled that programs in both source codes, which are human readable, and in machine readable object

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    Introduction Adams (2008) defines law as a body of rules created by the state. Weatherguard Tiling Solutions Ltd is a tiling manufacturer. There are lots of different types of law that affect their business. This includes Employment law, Contract law, Tort law and EU laws. Keen and Riches (2002) explain that law affects every aspect of our lives; from the laws that govern employment to criminal activity. With the current changes at Weatherguard, they need to apply certain laws to their situations. This essay

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    that (b)(3) counsel would be incentivized to maximize cash compensation for past harm while (b)(2) Class counsel would strive to address the network rules. . The District Court remedied the structurally inadequate representation by appointing four law firms to separately represent the 23(b)(2) class. . We interpret the restructuring to mean that each class not only needed its own lawyers, but that the settlement terms for each class must stand on their own. . As to any future 23(b)(2) settlement

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