The Legal Environment

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Across
  1. 2. / Under _____ law, ownership is determined by registration. The legal system in this law is generally divided into three separate codes: commercial, civil, and criminal.
  2. 5. / In the usual _____ procedure, parties select a disinterested and informed party or parties to serve as a referee to determine the merits of the case and make a judgment that both parties agree to honor under the law.
  3. 7. / _____property law deals with the rules for securing and enforcing legal rights to inventions, designs, artistic works or any intangible assets.
  4. 8. / Under _____ law, ownership is established by use. This law is derived from English law and found in England, the United States, Canada, and other countries once under English influence.
  5. 9. / Software, music, and movies are especially attractive targets for _____ because they are costly to develop but cheap to reproduce and distribute over the Internet.
Down
  1. 1. / The World Court can adjudicate disputes between _____, whereas the other two situations must be handled in the courts of the country of one of the parties involved or through arbitration.
  2. 3. / _____ (or validated) licenses are required for products exported from the United States.
  3. 4. / _____ is a nonbinding agreement between parties to resolve disputes by asking a third party to mediate differences.
  4. 5. / _____ law is to protect American consumers by ensuring that they benefit from products and ideas produced by foreign competitors as well as by domestic competitors.
  5. 6. / _____ is a technique of economic coercion that involves the refusal to engage in certain economic interactions, particularly in buying or handling of goods and services from a target entity, typically for political reasons.