Exam 10: Intellectual and Personal Property Including Motor Vehicles

Only a few states have passed automobile lemon laws.​

If you are involved in an automobile accident while driving a rented car, you have no responsibility to the rental company if the driver of the other automobile caused the accident.​

In a bailment relationship, all of the statements below are true except ​

Give 3 examples of valid trademarks that currently exist.​

________________ laws require that each driver involved in an automobile accident, regardless of fault, provide proof of financial accountability.​

The financial responsibility requirement in motor vehicle laws is usually met by purchase of a minimum amount of​

A warranty of title is generally implied in any and all sales contracts.

The plaintiff who sues a negligent driver is legally limited in his judgment and recovery by the amount of public liability and property damage insurance that the defendant carries.​

In order to establish an implied warranty of merchantability Leavitt must prove.

If a motor vehicle is purchased on credit, the usual certificate of ownership will list two types of owners: a(n) ____________________ owner and a(n) __________________ owner.​

A VIN or vehicle identification number is useful because​

The name of the type insurance that protects against the risk of loss from damages to one's own automobile in a collision regardless of who is at fault is uninsured-motorist insurance.​

Which of the following is a correct statement concerning parents and their minor drivers of automobiles? ​ ​

Dawn Colossi, daydreaming while slowly backing out from her driveway, failed to look both ways. Archie Monk, racing down the street in his hot Corvette, slammed into Dawn's right rear quarter panel. Archie was looking at his tachometer just before the crash. Archie's shoulder harness was fastened, so he suffered no injury, but his Corvette was smashed. Dawn, her seatbelt lying on the seat beside her, was seriously injured. Is Monk liable to Colossi for damages suffered?

Property discarded by the true owner, who has no intention reclaiming the property, is abandoned property.​

The University of Georgia Athletic Association (UGAA) brought suit against beer wholesaler Bill Laite for marketing Battlin' Bulldog Beer. The UGAA claimed that the cans infringed its symbol for its athletic teams. The symbol, which depicted an English Bulldog wearing a sweater with a G and the word BULLDOGS on it, had been registered as a service mark. Soon after the beer appeared on the market, the university received telephone calls from friends of the university who were concerned that Battlin' Bulldog Beer was not the sort of product that should in any way be related to the University of Georgia. The beer cans bore the disclaimer "Not associated with the University of Georgia," although it was relatively inconspicuous on an individual can and was not visible on a six-pack. Was there an infringement? University of Georgia Athletic Association v. Laite, 756 F. 2d 1535 (11th Cir. 1984).​

Two basic types of insurance are available to pay for damages to your own automobile. They are _____________and insurance.​

________________ is the type of automobile insurance where the negligence of the party who caused the accident is irrelevant for the purpose recovery of the innocent party's damages.​

It is up to the holder of a trademark to bring a lawsuit to protect the right of exclusion and the holder's business interest in the mark.​

Federal law protects the economic value of a trademark by allowing a cease and desist order against _______________.​