TEST QUESTIONS FROM PRIOR BUL 4310 FINAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS |239 Questions| Complete actual possible final
exam questions 2026 University of Florida
The questions below have been put into order based on the
subject coverage this semester:
Intellectual Property
(Questions 1-80) Pages 1
- 20
Judges (Questions 81-105)
Pages 20 - 24
Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
(Questions 106-152) Pages 24- 32
Criminal Law (Questions 153-
187) Pages 33 - 42
Torts (Questions 188-239)
Pages 42 - 53
Barron’s references are to Robert W. Emerson, Business Law (Barron’s, 6th ed. 2015).
References to “LSB” are to Robert W. Emerson, Law, Society and Business Target Copy,
2018). The number after a book reference is a page number – e.g., LSB 418 means the 418th
page of the LSB book. Page references are general and may, on occasion, be off by a page
or two. References to answers coming from lectures usually refer to lectures from previous
semesters as ordinarily we have not gotten to that material yet this semester. Most of those
lecture discussions likely will occur this semester as well.
It is very likely useful for you to practice taking tests by starting with this document.
Then proceed to the other document also posted on the course website, containing these
questions with answers and explanations.
As with all material posted on the course website, you are free to print this out and bring
to the test. I am neither recommending it (lots of paper!), nor discouraging it, but simply
noting that it is entirely your call whether to do that.
Intellectual Property (Questions 1-80)
1. True or False: A ten-year-old child’s original yet unintelligible and essentially
unmarketable drawing on a paper plate cannot be copyrighted.
2. The day before her class is to discuss a particular poet, Ms. Cohen, a 10th grade
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,English teacher, runs across a scholarly, 300-pages copyrighted book from 1995 that
deals extensively with that poet and other poets from his era. She distributes to each
student in her class (120 students in five different class periods) three pages copied from
that book. True or False: Ms. Cohen is not violating intellectual property law.
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,3. True or False: Important intellectual property cases involving cellophane and aspirin
are best known for looking at alleged copyrights and/or the alleged infringement of
copyrights.
4. Stella Student thinks she has created a new machine that will enable her to study her
BUL4310 class notes in half the time it normally takes her. True or False: If the
machinery she has created is new, useful, and non-obvious, then Stella may obtain a
utility patent.
5. True or False: To make a “Knockoff” and to “Palm Off” are synonymous terms.
6. Which of the following is an example of a trademark?
a. a patented ball bearing system on a new fishing reel
b. both "Nike swoosh" and "a Florida Gator logo"
c. an author's signature
d. a Florida Gator logo
e. Nike swoosh
7. Georgia, a UF Student, takes a trip to New York City with friends for spring break.
While in the “big city” Georgia wants to get her 6-year-old sister the hottest new toy for
her upcoming 7th birthday. Georgia spends a whole day searching for the “Sweet Baby
Craig Doll” but finds most stores sold out and the few stores with the doll in stock are
charging $500, which is 5 times the normal retail price. A man approaches Georgia as she
leaves a store and offers to sell her a “Sweet Baby Craig Doll” for $25 cash. The man
tells Georgia the doll is authentic. The man shows Georgia the doll and it looks identical
to the dolls she has been shopping for and even comes in packaging that looks identical to
the dolls in the store. Georgia buys the doll and gives it to her sister, not realizing the doll
was actually a very poorly made counterfeit product. Which of the following is least
likely to be a cause of action flowing from Georgia’s transaction?
a. Fraud
b. Breach of Contract
c. Intellectual Property Infringement
d. Product liability
e. Moral rights violation
8. Sam Student is graduating in May and is applying to law school. Ever since his
BUL4310 course, Sam has been interested in specializing in Intellectual Property and
Sam writes as much in his personal statement during the application process. Which of
the following areas will Sam study in depth if he chooses to pursue this specialization?
a. Patents
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, b. Copyrights
c. Trademarks
d. Trade Secrets
e. All of the above
9. Bill Gator, a UF student and son of a Bull Gator, thinks he has invented a new and
unique way to keep any beverage cold on a hot Gator Game Day. Bill learned about
patents when he took BUL4310 and as soon as he thought up his idea in October 2008 he
applied for a patent through the proper channels. Sadly for Bill, Sally Gator had the same
idea during October of the 2007 season. Sally did not apply for a patent until after she
learned of Bill’s application, but Sally did produce a working prototype in 2007. Sally
has dozens of witnesses and photographs of her and her invention during the 2007
tailgating season and even sold a few prototypes to friends. Now that both have applied
for patents, what should the correct outcome be?
a. Bill should get the patent because he applied first.
b. Sally and Bill should split the proceeds of the patent, but it should
be awarded to Bill since he applied first.
c. Sally and Bill should be awarded a joint patent
d. Sally should be awarded the patent because she invented it first and
was diligent in reducing the invention to practice because she made her
working prototypes.
e. Bill should be awarded the patent because while Sally did make a
working prototype before Bill invented it, she never filed a patent
application with the required description of the invention in enough detail
to enable someone else to reproduce it. As a result, she was not diligent in
reducing the invention to practice.
10. True or False: Copyrights and patents focus on what the inventor or author created,
while trademark focuses on what the consumer thinks.
11. True or False: Compared to copyrights, patents offer stronger protections, and patents
are more likely to be granted.
12. Suppose that the television show, Saturday Night Live, does a skit making fun of
people that look surprisingly like the Jonas Brothers, who are currently on tour. Further
suppose that these fake Jonas Brothers are seen engaging in ridiculous behavior that is
completely opposite of what one would expect from such young, wholesome performers
as the Jonas Brothers and that – as the skit goes on – the likelihood that these are really
the Jonas Brothers becomes hard for any adult viewer to believe. Further suppose that
after that episode aired, the Jonas Brothers’ concert ticket sales plummeted. The Jonas
Brothers are certain that the Saturday Night Live episode is to blame, so they sue
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WITH ANSWERS |239 Questions| Complete actual possible final
exam questions 2026 University of Florida
The questions below have been put into order based on the
subject coverage this semester:
Intellectual Property
(Questions 1-80) Pages 1
- 20
Judges (Questions 81-105)
Pages 20 - 24
Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
(Questions 106-152) Pages 24- 32
Criminal Law (Questions 153-
187) Pages 33 - 42
Torts (Questions 188-239)
Pages 42 - 53
Barron’s references are to Robert W. Emerson, Business Law (Barron’s, 6th ed. 2015).
References to “LSB” are to Robert W. Emerson, Law, Society and Business Target Copy,
2018). The number after a book reference is a page number – e.g., LSB 418 means the 418th
page of the LSB book. Page references are general and may, on occasion, be off by a page
or two. References to answers coming from lectures usually refer to lectures from previous
semesters as ordinarily we have not gotten to that material yet this semester. Most of those
lecture discussions likely will occur this semester as well.
It is very likely useful for you to practice taking tests by starting with this document.
Then proceed to the other document also posted on the course website, containing these
questions with answers and explanations.
As with all material posted on the course website, you are free to print this out and bring
to the test. I am neither recommending it (lots of paper!), nor discouraging it, but simply
noting that it is entirely your call whether to do that.
Intellectual Property (Questions 1-80)
1. True or False: A ten-year-old child’s original yet unintelligible and essentially
unmarketable drawing on a paper plate cannot be copyrighted.
2. The day before her class is to discuss a particular poet, Ms. Cohen, a 10th grade
1
,English teacher, runs across a scholarly, 300-pages copyrighted book from 1995 that
deals extensively with that poet and other poets from his era. She distributes to each
student in her class (120 students in five different class periods) three pages copied from
that book. True or False: Ms. Cohen is not violating intellectual property law.
2
,3. True or False: Important intellectual property cases involving cellophane and aspirin
are best known for looking at alleged copyrights and/or the alleged infringement of
copyrights.
4. Stella Student thinks she has created a new machine that will enable her to study her
BUL4310 class notes in half the time it normally takes her. True or False: If the
machinery she has created is new, useful, and non-obvious, then Stella may obtain a
utility patent.
5. True or False: To make a “Knockoff” and to “Palm Off” are synonymous terms.
6. Which of the following is an example of a trademark?
a. a patented ball bearing system on a new fishing reel
b. both "Nike swoosh" and "a Florida Gator logo"
c. an author's signature
d. a Florida Gator logo
e. Nike swoosh
7. Georgia, a UF Student, takes a trip to New York City with friends for spring break.
While in the “big city” Georgia wants to get her 6-year-old sister the hottest new toy for
her upcoming 7th birthday. Georgia spends a whole day searching for the “Sweet Baby
Craig Doll” but finds most stores sold out and the few stores with the doll in stock are
charging $500, which is 5 times the normal retail price. A man approaches Georgia as she
leaves a store and offers to sell her a “Sweet Baby Craig Doll” for $25 cash. The man
tells Georgia the doll is authentic. The man shows Georgia the doll and it looks identical
to the dolls she has been shopping for and even comes in packaging that looks identical to
the dolls in the store. Georgia buys the doll and gives it to her sister, not realizing the doll
was actually a very poorly made counterfeit product. Which of the following is least
likely to be a cause of action flowing from Georgia’s transaction?
a. Fraud
b. Breach of Contract
c. Intellectual Property Infringement
d. Product liability
e. Moral rights violation
8. Sam Student is graduating in May and is applying to law school. Ever since his
BUL4310 course, Sam has been interested in specializing in Intellectual Property and
Sam writes as much in his personal statement during the application process. Which of
the following areas will Sam study in depth if he chooses to pursue this specialization?
a. Patents
3
, b. Copyrights
c. Trademarks
d. Trade Secrets
e. All of the above
9. Bill Gator, a UF student and son of a Bull Gator, thinks he has invented a new and
unique way to keep any beverage cold on a hot Gator Game Day. Bill learned about
patents when he took BUL4310 and as soon as he thought up his idea in October 2008 he
applied for a patent through the proper channels. Sadly for Bill, Sally Gator had the same
idea during October of the 2007 season. Sally did not apply for a patent until after she
learned of Bill’s application, but Sally did produce a working prototype in 2007. Sally
has dozens of witnesses and photographs of her and her invention during the 2007
tailgating season and even sold a few prototypes to friends. Now that both have applied
for patents, what should the correct outcome be?
a. Bill should get the patent because he applied first.
b. Sally and Bill should split the proceeds of the patent, but it should
be awarded to Bill since he applied first.
c. Sally and Bill should be awarded a joint patent
d. Sally should be awarded the patent because she invented it first and
was diligent in reducing the invention to practice because she made her
working prototypes.
e. Bill should be awarded the patent because while Sally did make a
working prototype before Bill invented it, she never filed a patent
application with the required description of the invention in enough detail
to enable someone else to reproduce it. As a result, she was not diligent in
reducing the invention to practice.
10. True or False: Copyrights and patents focus on what the inventor or author created,
while trademark focuses on what the consumer thinks.
11. True or False: Compared to copyrights, patents offer stronger protections, and patents
are more likely to be granted.
12. Suppose that the television show, Saturday Night Live, does a skit making fun of
people that look surprisingly like the Jonas Brothers, who are currently on tour. Further
suppose that these fake Jonas Brothers are seen engaging in ridiculous behavior that is
completely opposite of what one would expect from such young, wholesome performers
as the Jonas Brothers and that – as the skit goes on – the likelihood that these are really
the Jonas Brothers becomes hard for any adult viewer to believe. Further suppose that
after that episode aired, the Jonas Brothers’ concert ticket sales plummeted. The Jonas
Brothers are certain that the Saturday Night Live episode is to blame, so they sue
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