SawDust Company manufactures table saws. These saws have sev…
SawDust Company manufactures table saws. These saws have several safety devices including a permanent blade guard. This guard keeps the user’s hands from touching the blade while it is moving. Miguel buys a SawDust table saw, but he takes off the blade guard because it interferes with the type of work he wants to do. One morning, Miguel is injured while using the saw. If the blade guard had been left on, he would not have been injured. Miguel sues SawDust Co. under strict liability. The best defense that SawDust could raise based on these facts is:
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KSP, Inc., a business firm based in Alabama, advertises its products on the Web to customers in all 50 states. In which of the following cases would a court in Oregon be MOST LIKELY to exercise personal jurisdiction over KSP under its long arm statute (and U.S. constitutional law)?
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Your competitor, APP, announces SuperBackup, a new product that is a clone of your company’s most recent power supply backup system, Power Supply Backup, which uses the fast-charging technology you developed. APP produced this clone by reverse engineering your product (reverse engineering is where you “take apart” a product that you legally own to see how it was made). You claim this is a violation of your intellectual property rights, namely your patent and your trademark (assume you have done what is necessary to be protected). What are your chances to prevail on each claim? Explain. Referring to specific examples, concepts and principles studied in class to support your position is required.
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