Reference no: EM132156321
1. Consumer protection laws primarily serve to
a. Protect consumers from potentially dangerous, misleading or confusing products
b. Protect businesses from abusive lawsuits and class actions.
c. To protect both consumers and businesses from government interference in business affairs.
d. To encourage free competition and lower prices
2. Jane runs a business that creates widgets. Jane purchased a new machine that increases Jane's productivity 50%. The machine, however, emits a new high pitched sound that can be heard by the adjoining property owners. Steve runs a pre-school next door to Jane's business. His employees are getting severe headaches from the sound. The children are irritable and the parents are pulling them out of school. Steve sues Jane to get an injunction to stop the machine and he also sues for money damages. Jane cannot stop the sound without removing the machine. What is the likely result?
a. Steve will win monetary damages but will not win an injunction unless he can show that the hardship imposed on him by the noise is greater than the hardship imposed on Jane by removing the new machine.
b. Steve will not win. Noise is a by-product of a factory and he should get used to it.
c. Jane will be forced to invent a better machine.
d. Steve will win an injunction and money damages because it is completely unacceptable to create this type of noise pollution.
3. John starts a new company selling dog food and he makes up the name, "Zykdell." Which of the following is the most correct?
a. He can get a trademark in the name, but it will be a weak one.
b. He is best off getting a copyright in the name rather than a trademark.
c. The name will receive "strong trademark protection.
d. He will not be able to trademark the name “Zykdell” because it is not a real word