1. Find the news reports about the case of Chow vs. Chow, two restaurants in Miami Beach...
Question:
1. Find the news reports about the case of Chow vs. Chow, two restaurants in Miami Beach
with similar names. Discuss what the case was about and the court's decision. Then find
another case on Westlaw or LexisNexis involving restaurant names. How would you
avoid this problem?
2. Find the news reports about the trademark case between Apple and Samsung. Discuss
what the case is about and the court's decision. Then find another case involving a
trademark dispute. How would you avoid this problem?
3. If you are a hotel owner on Miami Beach, are you legally allowed to take a photograph
people attending the SOBE Wine & Food Festival and use this in advertising for your
hotel? Does it matter if your hotel was a participant in SOBE? Find a case involving
photographs. How would you avoid this problem?
4. If you are a chef who has a distinctive recipe for a special food, can you protect against
other people making the same recipe? Does it matter if the person who is making the
same recipe used to work in your kitchen and learned the recipe there? Find a case
involving recipe copyright protection. How would you avoid this problem?
5. If you are a hotel owner and a guest has reported that a small drone has been hovering
over the hotel swimming pool taking photos of guests, do you have any legal remedies to
prevent the drone over your hotel? Can you shoot it down with your own shooting
drone? Can the photos of guests by the pool be published? Find a drone privacy case.
How would you avoid this problem?