Prerequisite of copyright: 17 USC 102(a) 1. Fixation ~ 17 USC §102(a) and Const. “writing” a. Tangible medium for more than transient time WITH authorization of CR owner; can be perceived 2. Originality ~ 17 USC 102(a) a. Low threshold‚ original work of authorship (independent creation) 3. Modicum creativity ~ (Feist) 4. Subject matter ~ 17 USC 102(a)(1) o (1) literary works‚ including software o NOT facts‚ slogans‚ fonts‚ stock characters o exempts performance by nonprofit or govt. §110(2)
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Legal Issues in Business Organizations University of Phoenix June 29‚ 2012 SITUATION A Employee A’s leave of absence is covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993. FMLA applies to all companies with 50 or more employees. This act mandates an employee be allowed up to 12 weeks of leave for qualifying circumstances. The birth of Employee A’s child is a qualifying circumstance under the domestic responsibilities clause of the act. Longevity a clause in the FMLA also makes
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Week Three Summary The team is to recap what was learned from last week’s assignments‚ readings‚ and discussion from class. As a team‚ each member ranked the six factors of innovation‚ and a final ranking was agreed upon. A brief description of the assignment will be discussed‚ highlighting the outcome. Innovation is essential for businesses to remain competitive‚ and the business not promoting innovations are losing portions of the market. The team learned the Seven Innovation rules to help
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Civil Law Civil law tradition is the oldest and the widest distributed legal system dating back to 450 BC in its origin. Even though it is the oldest of all the legal system. The Civil law took exponentially longer to develop than the Common law. The genesis of which was swift in comparison. 450BC is designated as beginning of development of Civil law because this is the year of 12 tablets. The first written law and rudimentary (Fundamental) system of dispute resolution in ancient Rome. The next
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1.1 billion and 500 million users‚ respectively” (NCCPSAFTEY). Because of these changes in technology law enforcement has to constantly develop new strategies for effective policing and they have to transform contemporary strategies. This easy access to news information can be
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the law in achieving justice for parties involved in relationship breakdown. Legislation and cases strive to achieve justice for all parties involved in a relationship breakdown. However‚ justice can be difficult to achieve as the law does not always uphold the rights of individuals. The law does reflect social and community values and strives to be accessible. Divorce is an example of the law being easily enforced‚ while with disputes involving children effectiveness
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the Australian domestic legal systems have both been effective in responding to the need for law reform in modern society. There are four key conditions that have been identified as influencing the need for change to law. Both the parliament through statute law and the courts through common law have important roles to play in bringing about effective change. One important condition that gives rise to law reform is the changing of social values. This means reforming laws to suit the changes in society
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Legal Underpinnings of Business Law OMM 670: Legal Environment February 25‚ 2013 Legal Underpinnings of Business Law Business | Type of Business | Liability Exposure | Compare | Contrast | Tinker’s Home Security Service | Sole proprietorship | Unlimited | Monetary rewards are from both the Proprietor & business | Sole Liability | Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service | General partnership | Unlimited | All partners are responsible whether silent or active | If you are
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Bruno Eduardo De Figueiredo Date: 25th of March‚ 2013 Student number: 8840911 The Anti Social Behavior Orders originated from the broken windows theory‚ adopted in the 1990’s in New York City. The policing strategy was centered on tackling issues of negative social behaviors among youth‚ and adults (Hewitt 2006:355-656). There is discussion on the Anti social behavior programs‚ and their effectiveness rates with youth (Stephen 2005: 518). Contrary to popular beliefs‚ there is evidence suggesting
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Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Unit 1 Individual Project In order for a business to succeed into the future growth is needed. The success of this company is not in the amount of products we make but the amount of customers we gain. In order for us to ensure our customers continue to do business with us we need to provide a product that holds quality as well as the company name. With this being said there are a few products that could potentially be defective and should be recalled prior
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