?What is the effect in a later infringement action of a failure to conduct a trademark search?
What will be an ideal response?
There is no statutory or common law duty to perform a trademark search before filing an application for a trademark. A failure to conduct a search, however, might suggest improper intent and thus tend to suggest infringement and affect an award of damages.?
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In addition to the execution of a trust, the client must properly fund the trust and:
a. Properly transfer the property into the trust b. Withdraw the property from the trust c. Create a dry trust, so the government doesn’t get their share d. Distribute the assets
During a severe snowstorm, a bartender escorts out some obviously drunk patrons at closing time
All but one heads off to shelter; that patron is drunk enough as to stumble into a snowbank and passes out. The patron dies. When the family of the patron sues the bar, the bar claims that it should not have to pay damages because the patron's failure to exercise due care constituted contributory negligence. What doctrine could the family seek to apply so as to get an award for damages? A) "avoidable consequences" B) "knowledge of peril" C) inattentive plaintiff D) last clear chance
An in-house computerized litigation support system:
a. frees up the firm’s staff to perform legal research b. is more expensive than other alternatives c. gives the firm more control over the litigation support project d. requires the creation of an extensive index-card system e. takes little time to set up