LAW for Business and Personal Use © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Chapter 5 SLIDE 1 Chapter 5 – Bonus Information  Torts that Harm Property (from Street Law p238)  Real property  Personal property  Intellectual property

LAW for Business and Personal Use © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Chapter 5 SLIDE 2 Chapter 5 – Bonus Information  Real Property  Trespass  can recover damages even if there is no harm to property  Protected when others damage your property  Requires reasonable care to protect others from harm when on your property  Does not protect trespassers  Nuisance  Does not need to be physically on property  Unreasonable interference with your ability to use and enjoy property

LAW for Business and Personal Use © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Chapter 5 SLIDE 3 Chapter 5 – Bonus Information  Personal Property  See conversion, presentation 5-2  Extra  Reasonable force can be used  Reasonable depends on circumstances  Deadly force cannot be used to protect property in most cases

LAW for Business and Personal Use © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Chapter 5 SLIDE 4 Chapter 5 – Bonus Information  Intellectual Property  Infringement – person who unlawfully uses patented or copyrighted work  Patent  Something that has been invented  Copyright  Something in the form of creative expression, ie book, movie, computer program  Requires reasonable care to protect others from harm when on your property  Does not protect trespassers  Nuisance  Does not need to be physically on property  Unreasonable interference with your ability to use and enjoy property

LAW for Business and Personal Use © 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Chapter 5 SLIDE 5 Chapter 5 – Bonus Information  Strict Liability  Defective Products  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 1972  Consumer product safety  Issues and enforces mandatory product standards  Power to ban consumer products