Law Case Related Past Quiz

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Title: Legal Cases Quiz 2008

Started: November 17, 2008 8:09 P

Submitted: November 17, 2008 9:!" P

Time s#e$t: 01:27:2%

Total score:31.25/40 = 78.125% Total s&ore ad'usted b( 0)0 a*imum #ossibles&ore: %0

2. LC2008Q8

+P-.C is a dis&i#li$ar( tribu$al)

Student Resonse !alue Correct "ns#er

/alse 100 $alse

S&ore: 11

3. LC2008Q4

e3amatio$ re4uires t5e #ubli&atio$ o3 a 3alse stateme$t about someo$e to5is or 5er dis&redit)


True 100% True

S&ore: 11

4. LC2008Q3

*am#les o3 6u$i$te$tio$al torts6 i$&lude: stri&t liabilit(, $eglige$&e, a$d$uisa$&e)


True 100 True

S&ore: 11

5. LC2008Q #tio$s 3or resolvi$g a &o$tra&tual dis#ute i$&lude: &a#itulatio$,

litigatio$, $egotiatio$, mediatio$, or arbitratio$)
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True 100 True

S&ore: 11

. LC2008Q7

T5e 'urisdi&tio$ o3 t5e Provi$&ial Court o3 .C is limited b( statute)


/alse 0% True

S&ore: 01

15. &'(20082 +&&ordi$g to t5e &ommo$ la, to be &lassi3ied as a$ em#lo(ee o$ a 'ob

a$d $ot as a$ i$de#e$de$t &o$tra&tor, a $umber o3 3a&tors are re4uired tobe eig5ed b( t5e &ourt, some o3 5i&5 are #i& o$l( t5e o$es t5at mig5ta##l(, mars ill be dedu&ted 3or ro$g &5oi&es;:

Student Resonse !alueCorrect

"ns#er

$eed)ac*

1) su##l( o3 o$smaller tools to t5e'ob


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"ns#er$eed)ac*

al,cat,on or

e+lo+ent

7) orer 5ires 5is or

5er o$ 5el#ers


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(ou a$d #a(s (ou b( t5e 5our to or o$ di33ere$t #ro'e&ts as t5e( arise)T5e( #rovide (ou it5 a des, a #5o$e a$d $ter$et a&&ess, but re4uire(ou to bri$g (our o$ Pear &om#uter to or) T5e or is ge$erall(i$teresti$g a$d (ou #arti&ularl( lie t5e idea o3 mai$g de&isio$s it5outmu&5 i$ter3ere$&e) 3 $o or is available, (ou are $ot #aid, but t5e

&om#a$( #rovides (ou it5 5el# i$ se&uri$g ot5er or 3rom t5eir &lie$ts)

C5e& all t5at a##l( ro$g a$sers ill be subtra&ted 3rom rig5t o$esD5oever $o $egative s&ore is #ossible;:


"ns#er$eed)ac*

1) +ll o3 t5e above) 0

2) T5e m#lo(ee Sta$dards +&t a##lies to(ou)


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2. LC2008Q10

Lasuits sometimes also i$volve a$ a&tio$ to 6e$'oi$6 a legal term t5a$mea$s 6restrai$6 or 6sto#6 ; a #art( 3rom doi$g somet5i$g, su&5 as#i&eti$g or tres#assi$g o$ (our #ro#ert( or dis&losi$g &o$3ide$tiali$3ormatio$) $ t5ese &ases (ou are asi$g t5e &ourt to #rovide (ou it5a$ 6i$'u$&tio$6)


True 100 True

S&ore: 11

27. LC2008Q12

amages must $ot o$l( be su33ered but also #rove$ i$ &ourt usi$g a 6but3or6 a$al(sis i$ order 3or a tort re&over( to be alloed)


True 100 True

S&ore: 11

31. LC2008


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"ns#er$eed)ac*

#arties 3or t5eir or be&auset5ere as $o valid &o$tra&tbetee$ Gardro# a$d t5e .a$d)

3.


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"ns#er$eed)ac*

ur,sd,ct,on.

S&ore: 01

38. LC2008


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de&isio$s)

Student Resonse !alue

True 100

S&ore: 11

5. LQ22

T5e 3our &om#o$e$ts o3 a la suit are: a; allegatio$s or #leadi$gs, b;dis&over( o3 do&ume$ts, &; e*ami$atio$ 3or dis&over(, d; trial


True 100

S&ore: 11

. LQ3

ue dilige$&e ill elimi$ate liabilit( i$ a &ase o3 stri&t liabilit()


$alse 100

S&ore: 11

7. LQ13

+lt5oug5 (ou ma( $ot 5ave i$ve$ted somet5i$g 5ile at or, or useda$( &om#a$( resour&es to i$ve$t it, it is still #ossible 3or (our em#lo(er toautomati&all( o$ t5e #ate$t rig5ts to (our i$ve$tio$)


True 100

S&ore: 11

8. LQ1; -over$me$ts issue #ate$ts)


True 100


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S&ore: 11

;. LQ11

+ #erso$ &a$ $egotiate t5e #ate$t rig5ts 3rom a 3oreig$ #ate$t o$er a$d

subse4ue$tl( 3ile 3or a Ca$adia$ #ate$t, so lo$g as all o3 t5is is it5i$ t5eo$e (ear 6gra&e6 #eriod)


True 100

S&ore: 11

10. LQ1

ediatio$ is a ma$dator( as#e&t o3 some lasuits)


True 100

S&ore: 11

11. LQ?1 +$ser t5e 3olloi$g) Bou are $ot re4uired to a$ser all t5e 4uestio$s)

Gro$g res#o$ses ill be subtra&ted 3rom rig5t o$esD 5oever, t5e loest

mar ill be 606)

State+ent Resonse !alue

Privit( o3 &o$tra&t a##lies #rimaril( to &o$tra&tualrelatio$s5i#s betee$ i$dividuals, #rovided t5e or5as $ot bee$ do$e $eglige$tl()

$ 12)=

3 a &ase is more im#orta$t 3or e*am#le, a &asei$volvi$g multi#le serious i$'uries a$d e&o$omi&damage i$ t5e ma$( millio$s o3 dollars;, it is #robabl(best to deal it5 t5e matter i$ 3ederal &ourt rat5er t5a$i$ #rovi$&ial &ourt)

$ 12)=

$ a$ a&tio$ 3or libel, trut5 is a su33i&ie$t de3e$&e) T 12)=T5e &o$&e#t o3 Jlegal $eig5bourK a##lies o$l( i$ t5e&ase o3 $uisa$&e)

$ 12)=

Legal #re&ede$ts guara$tee 5o a &ase ill be de&ided) $ 12)=

Neglige$&e deals it5 &o$du&t as measured agai$st a&ertai$ sta$dard)

T 12)=

+dmi$istrative tribu$als di33er 3rom traditio$al &ourts $ 12)=


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State+ent Resonse !alue

i$ t5at t5e( 5ave &o$&urre$t 'urisdi&tio$ to deal it5bot5 3ederal a$d #rovi$&ial matters)

T5e 5ig5est &ourt i$ a #rovi$&e or territor( is re3erredto as t5e su#erior &ourt o3 t5at #rovi$&e or territor()

$ 12)=

S&ore: %%

12. Q2 ?C 11

G5i&5 o3 t5e 3olloi$g is $ot &o$sidered a 3orm o3 alter$ative dis#uteresolutio$


+) Settleme$t &o$3ere$&e 0

.) ediatio$ 0C."d+,n,strat,e tr,)unal 100

) Negotiatio$ 0

) +rbitratio$ 0

S&ore: 11

13. LQ?C2 Git5 res#e&t to $telle&tual Pro#ert( as it relates to a &om#a$( looi$g to

develo# a #ote$tiall( i$ve$tive #rodu&t a$d strategi&all( #ositio$ its

te&5$olog( i$ t5e maret#la&e, #i& t5e best a$ser:

a; $&e t5e i$itial #rote&tio$ o3 P is made t5roug5 t5e 3ili$g o3 #ate$ts,t5ere is $o $eed 3or 3urt5er 3ili$gs 3or related te&5$ologies be&ause relatedte&5$ologies 3all it5i$ t5e ambit o3 t5e i$itial i$ve$tio$ a$d t5ere3ore arealso #rote&tedD

b; /o&us s5ould ala(s be o$ #ate$t e$3or&eme$t i$ (our 5ome maret,be&ause t5is is 5ere t5e bul o3 (our i$telle&tual #ro#ert( rig5ts resideD

&; Bou s5ould ala(s #rote&t #ate$ts i$ overseas &ou$tries t5at

ma$u3a&ture (our #rodu&t or similar #rodu&tsD

@dA (ecause not eer co+an -as t-e resources to )r,n ,tBs roduct

to +ar*et l,cens,n o atents oers an oortun,t or +ar*et

entr.


1) a; o$l( 0


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2) a; a$d d; o$l( 0

!) a;, &; a$d d; 0

%) b;, &; a$d d; 0

=) a;, b;, &;, a$d d; 0

.@dA onl 100

7) &; o$l( 0

8) &; a$d d; o$l( 0

S&ore: 01

14. LQ?C4

Pi& t5e best a$ser:

@aA T-e Canad,an Const,tut,on d,,des +atters ,nto 9ro,nc,al and

$ederal ur,sd,ct,on.

@)A " la# su,t ,s started ) ,l,n an act,on also *no#n as a


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1) a; 0

2) b;, &;, a$d e; 0

!) b;, &;, e;, a$d 3; 0%) a;, &; a$d d; 0

=) @)A @cA @dA and @eA 100

") d; a$d e; 0

7) b; a$d e; 0

S&ore: 11

1. LQ?C3

P &leara$&e:

@aA ,s a +eans o uncoer,n o)stacles to a roductBs deelo+ent

at-

b; is e4uivale$t to P &a#tureD@cA ,s not ,+ortant to a )us,ness #,t-out a need or 9 rotect,on

@dA ,s ,+ortant )ecause ou #ant to deter+,ne t-at ou are not

,nr,n,n on anot-erBs al,d atents

@eA ,s also *no#n as Dreedo+ to ract,ceD.


1) b; o$l( 0

2) all o3 t5e above 0

!) $o$e o3 t5e above 0

%) a;, &; a$d d; 0

=) d; a$d e; 0

") @aA @cA @dA and @eA 100

7) a;, d;, e; 0

8) a; a$d d; 0

9) d; o$l( 0

10) &;, d; a$d e; 0

11) b;, &;, d; a$d e; 0

S&ore: 01

17. Q2 ?C 5


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C5oose a &ombi$atio$ o3 stateme$ts t5at are esse$tial 3eatures o3 a&o$tra&t)

+) t is a ritte$, sig$ed a$d sealed do&ume$t)

(. t er+,ts t-e art,es to t-e contract to or+ t-e,r o#n leal

relat,ons-,s.C. t ,s a leall enorcea)le set o ro+,ses.

E. t ,s resu+ed t-at t-e art,es to t-e contract ,ntended to create a

leal relat,ons-,.

) t ala(s i$volves t5e tra$s3er o3 mo$e( as &o$sideratio$)


1)+, ., C 0

2.( C E 100

!)., C, , 0%)+, ., C, , 0

=)., C 0

S&ore: 11

18. LQ?C50

G5i&5 o3 t5e 3olloi$g 3orm a basis 3or liabilit( 3or damage:

+) issi$g a #ate$t gra&e #eriod

(. Str,ct l,a),l,tC. ntent,on

E. el,ence

) + &o$3li&ti$g obligatio$


1)+, . a$d C 0

2)C a$d 0

3.( C E 100

%) o$l( 0

=)all o3 +, ., C, , a$d 0S&ore: 11

1;. Q2 ?C 7 G5ere a ma$u3a&tured #rodu&t &auses 5arm or damage to a 6$eig5bour6,

liabilit( is based o$


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+)m#lo(me$t la a$d tort la 0

(.Contract la# and tort la# 100

C) $telle&tual #ro#ert( la a$d &o$tra&t la 0)+ $umber o3 $glis5 a$d +meri&a$ &ourt &ases dati$g ba& tot5e earl( 19t5 &e$tur(

0

S&ore: 11

20. Q2 ?C 4

To determi$e 5et5er $eglige$&e 5as o&&urred, o$e must 3irst as&ertai$:


+) t5e amou$t o3 &om#e$satio$ 0.) t5e #ro#er &ourt o3 'urisdi&tio$ 0

C) t5e #revious re&ord o3 t5e #lai$ti33 a$d de3e$da$t 0

E.t-e nature and ual,t o t-e dut o care o#ed 100

S&ore: 11

21. Q2 ?C ;

$ Ca$ada, a #art$ers5i# is


+) a relatio$s5i# betee$ #erso$s &arr(i$g o$ a busi$ess it5a vie o3 #ro3it

0

.) a relatio$s5i# betee$ #erso$s &arr(i$g o$ a busi$ess i$&ommo$ a$d ea&5 i$dividuall( s5ari$g t5e riss i$ t5atbusi$ess

0

C) a &o$tra&tual relatio$s5i# 5i&5 re4uires t5e &o$3irmedasse$t o3 its members to &arr( o$ busi$ess toget5er

0

E."ll o t-e a)oe 100

S&ore: 11


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Unlike a technical paper or journal article, a patent is a legal instrument which sets out

specific rights related to an invention.

True

Although you may not have invented something while at work, or used any company

resources to invent it, it is still possible for your employer to automatically own the patent

rights to your invention.True

Privity of contract means that only the parties to the contract may sue to enforce its

terms.

True

hird party liability is a legal concept designed to address cases where a third party is

liable to the parties of a contract.

$alse

!here legislation makes mandatory and specific provisions, it can be overridden by

contract because a contract is an agreement between parties, and the common law ""

unlike tort law "" recogni#es the ability of parties to enter into agreements.False

Answer the following. $ou are not re%uired to answer all the %uestions. !rong responseswill be subtracted from right ones& however, the lowest mark will be '('.

Statement

)ngineers should understand that *P goes beyond protecting an invention or trademark,

but can also be used as a means of generating revenue.

True

he +tatute of onopolies was a piece of legislation enacted in response to a pivotal

trademark infringement suit related to -asbros famous game of 'onopoly'

Falsehe three characteristics necessary for an invention to be patentable are/

0a1 usefulness, 0b1 novelty, and 0c1 innovativeness

True

2ot all countries with patent protection laws have grace periods for filing

True

*t does not always make good business sense to patent in some markets

True$ou can do your own brain surgery, but you get what you pay for. he same logic applies

to filing your own patent protection without e3pert assistance.

True

4efore you patent, it is good practice to look for the e3istence of prior art in the

marketplace

True

Anything outside the claims of your patent application is fair game for possible

infringement by others

True


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+usan, a graduate student in biochemistry, has been doing some work with bacteriophage

0viruses that infect bacteria1. +he describes her work to )ileen, a graduate student in

chemical engineering, who finds that there may be some interesting industrial

applications for these bacteriophage. Using e%uipment in the chemical engineering labs

they carry out e3periments that suggest such applications would be successful. hey

present the results in a paper at a meeting of the local chapter of !omen in +cience and)ngineering 0!*+)1. 5red, a member of the audience at the meeting, suggests they filefor a patent on the application. +elect the combination of statements that apply to this

situation.

A. Susan is free to negotiate a licence agreement to receive royalties should the

universty be

granted a patent.

B. Susan or Eileen must file a patent within one year of the WISE chapter

meeting date.

6. !*+) might own any patent rights to the application.7. 5red could apply for patent rights to the application because he was the one who

suggested

the possibility to +usan and )ileen.

)8!, an engineering company was contracted by !asted *nc to perform design work

and prepare drawings for an upgrade of a waste processing facility owned by !asted. ),

an electrical and mechanical contractor receives the design drawings from !asted andsubmits a bid for the electrical and mechanical work. +elect the statements that best

describe this situation.

A. In return for receipt of a bid from E! Wasted Inc promises to consider it! a

form of unilateral contract.

4. !hatever improvements are made by the upgrades, !asted *nc, )8!, and ) 0if

their bid is successful1 could be strictly liable for any release of to3ic effluent from the

waste.

". In the event of mista#es in the drawings and conse$uent damage! E%TW is

potentially liable to the contractor as a third party.7. 9nly !asted *nc is strictly liable for damage caused by mistakes in the design.

)3amples of intentional torts' are/ battery, assault, false imprisonment and defamation.True

he standard of care employed by the engineers of 27 :ea was a significant determinant

in the decision of that case.True

A tender document establishes a contract between third party bidders and the engineers

providing the design criteria for the bids.$alse

Alternate dispute resolution, or 'A78' involves, among other methods, the use of

mediation or arbitration, instead of ; or in addition to "" the courts, to resolve a dispute

between parties.

True


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he relationship between an engineer and his


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+ome sources of law in 6anada are 06heck all that apply1/C. Statute 'aw and common law (unless it is over)ridden by a statute*E. &rovincial or Territorial Associations of &rofessional Engineers

!hich of the following elements are necessary to achieve a contract?

". offer! acceptance! legality! capacity to contract! consideration

!hich of the following does not form a basis for liability for damage/A. "ompetence of the engineer

ary, a professional engineer, worked for a truck manufacturer and was the project leader for a team thatwas responsible for the design of the wheel base of a robotic truck. 2ear the end of the project, arybecame ill and was away from work for three weeks. 7espite her illness, ary monitored the project bytelephone, email communications, and !eb"6onferencing with her team. 9n her return, she was assigneda set of distinctly different tasks with the team and she reported to her replacement. *n addition shediscovered that her personal items from her previous work station had been moved to another location.!hen she brought this issue up with her manager, she was told that this move was permanent and to get

on with being the team player she is known to be. +elect all the statements that are relevant in thissituation.

A.The duty to mitigate this matter was the responsibility of ary.

B. ary could consider this to be a case of constructive dismissal and elect to resign and sueher employer for wrongful dismissal.". If necessary! ary could rely on the Employment Standards Act when she forwarded hergrievance against her former employer.+. ary,s manager thought the change was reasonable because the person who replaced aryhad training in organi-ational behaviour and would be a better proect leader.

An employee is a fiduciary if one or more of the following apply 06heck all that apply1/A. /e0she has responsibilities that include the e1ercise of some discretion or power.

B. The power or discretion can be e1ercised without consultation and can affect the legal!financial! or operational interests of the employer. +. The employer is vulnerable to the decisions or actions of the fiduciary with the power ordiscretion.

The use of an engineers seal on a report or design drawing means that the workinvolved to produce the report was done accurately.False

Professional engineering associations have the right to prosecute members forviolating codes of conduct or the terms of their license to practice engineering.

True

Any liability incurred by product manufacturers for damage caused by design errorsmade by suppliers of components of the product is known as vicarious liability.False

If strict liability applied to damage or accidents caused by mistakes in engineeringdesign or product design, then engineers and manufacturers would be liable for everykind of damage or accident that occurs and they would eectively become insurers.True


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ne !usti"cation of vicarious liability of employers for torts committed by employeesis thatemployees may have limited assets available to pay compensation for the tort.True

In #anada industrial designs protection, after registration is for "ve years andrenewable of for anadditional "ve years.True

In registering a patent all it takes is the "ling of an application and the paying of afee.False

An employment contract should address issues such as$B. what constitutes reasonable notice of termination, ownership ofintellectual property, condentiality, and terms of payment.

The common law isc. rules and precedents developed by all the courts.


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T/;

13. $ t5eir #ro#osal Gardro# stated t5e( ould 6Mu$dertae t5is> assig$me$t as soo$ as ritte$ a##roval is #rovided a$d a #a(me$t o3> H7,=00 is re&eived6 suggesti$g t5at ritte$ a##roval as re4uired as> a&&e#ta$&e o3 t5e o33er i$ t5e #ro#osal) Foever, Gardro# aived t5e> $eed 3or ritte$ a##roval b( #ro&eedi$g it5 t5e or it5out #a(me$t

> #aragra#5 10;)>> s t5e last se$te$&e true or 3alse>>> True /alse

14.


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True /alse

Gardro# aived t5e $eed 3or ritte$ a##roval to #ro&eed it5 t5e or, as re4uested i$ t5eir#ro#osal to t5e .a$d, b( #ro&eedi$g it5 t5e or it5out #a(me$t)$

The primary objective of the common law is compensation forparties that have suered some sort of loss to property orperson.

No, the primary objective of tort law is compensation for parties thathave suered some sort of loss to property or person.

At the appeal stage of a judicial proceeding, in assessing thematter, the appeal court loos at all the facts presented at trialand assesses whether or not the earlier court came to a gooddecision !i.e. the appeal process is essentially a re"trial#.No, the appeal process (both to the court of appeal, or the SupremeCourt of Canada) is selective. Only specic !uestions of law or fact inthe initial trial can be appealed. "he elements of the trial relatin# to

those specic !uestions are reviewed, but nothin# else is. $t would betoo cumbersome on the limited resources of the court system toconduct full re%trials every time an initial trial decision was bein#appealed.

An employment contract is only legally binding while you areemployed to that particular employer.

%oth T and & were given a mark.&hile it is true that an employment contract is only valid while you areemployed, it is also true that even after your employment you mayowe a duty of condentiality to your former employer.


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$onsideration refers to the thought that must be engaged by aparty before entering into the legal relations being establishedby a contract.

%oth T and & were given a mark.

$n the purely le#al sense, when dealin# with contracts, consideration is'somethin# for somethin# i.e. if you #ive me this (*, or somethin#else of value to the parties), $+ll #ive you that (*, or somethin# else ofvalue to the parties). owever, as the !uestion was worded, it was alsopossible to interpret the answer as '&hy not- Of course it is O toconsider thin#s before enterin# into a contract.

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