State Court

1. Trail Courl

2. Court of Appeals

3. Sate Supreme Court

4. US Supreme Court

Federal Court

1. Trial Court

2. Court of Appelas

3. US Supreme Court

Utilitarianism vs Kantianism

Framework for Analysis

• Is it Lawful
• Does it violate a company or professinoal code of conduct
• who is affect by the action an how?

Non Commercial Speech is fully protect so people can say whatever they want

Commercial Speech: The government is allowed to intervene if the words are misleading or unlawful

- Government has to have facts and reasons for stopping ommerial speech

Taking life, liberty, and property

A formal proces of fairness where one is told what they are in touble for and a hearing

If the government enacts a law, it shouldn't have any discrimination against anyone

No state shall deny any person...... Equal proection of the law

1. Novel new and truly different
2. Not Obvious

• it is obvious is someone in the skilled area could easily think of it
• it is not obsious if it has

i. commerical succes

ii. long-felt unresolved need

iii. Failure by others

3. Utlitly (has to have some kind of function)

Protection for original works of authorship

protects the espression

Must be fixed in a tangible meduum

A. If I did it first, it's mine

To sue someone, one has to register it with th government

Pre 1978: 95 years from first publication

1978 or later: 70 years

Work for hire: 95 years from first publication or 120 years from creation, whichever comes first:

• Works of authorship that are made by a business

The Reasonably Prudent Person

What will most people need to be safe in an enviornment

if someone gets hurt becasue of lack of saftey 

Patents

Copyrights

Trademarks