Case Study on Business Law - Doc

Business Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Analysing and advising Ben on the legal rules of implied terms relating to the sale of
goods and supply of services.......................................................................................................1
1.2 Analysing and advising Ben on the statutory provisions on the transfer of property and
possession....................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Evaluating the statutory provisions on buyer’s and seller’s remedies in sale of goods
contracts......................................................................................................................................2
1.4 Analysing and advising on product liability legal rules and statutory provisions for faulty
goods...........................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Differentiate between types of credit agreements which Ben as a consumer could use to
buy a car......................................................................................................................................3
2.2 Analysing the legal rules on termination rights and default notices for Ben as a consumer
in case he had problems in future paying the debts as required in the contract..........................4
2.3 Analysing the general features of Agency and differentiate between the different types of
agents...........................................................................................................................................5
2.4 Evaluating the rights and duties of an agent to assist Ben understand his position once he
becomes an agent himself...........................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Explaining the monopolies and anti-competitive practice legislation in the UK..................6
3.2 Explaining the role of the Competition Commission within the context of monopolies and
anti-competitive practices and the UK Office of Fair Trading now merged in the Competition
and Markets Authority in regulating Monopolies and Anti-competitive practices.....................7
3.3 Define dominant positions within the EU common market..................................................8
3.4 Considering instances when under EU law, exemptions will be made to potentially anti-
competitive practices...................................................................................................................8
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
4.1 Identifying and explaining the different forms of intellectual property rights......................9

4.2 Outlining the principles relating to the protection of inventions through patent rights and
legal rules preventing their infringement..................................................................................10
4.3 Describing the principles relating to copyright protection and the legal rules preventing
their infringement......................................................................................................................10
4.4 Comparing and contrasting the protection of trademarks and business names..................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Business law in practice is a tool from which the company can manage and
control the policies and plans as well as the operational activities towards the customers
in the market. The report will cover suggestion and legal advices for Ben case. Different
types of credit agreements and termination rights will be covered in this report. The
report will also analyse the agencies and agent role in the market. Anti-competitive
practices in UK legislation and monopolies will be covered in this report which will be
assessed with dominant position and under EU law. Intellectual property rights and
preventing infringement will be covered in this report. Finally, the protection of
trademark and invention will be discussed.
TASK 1
1.1 Analysing and advising Ben
Sale of Goods Act 1979 and Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982: The acts are
applied in the sale of goods and services outside a customer context and involves
private sales and firm to firm transactions. The seller has rights to sell the goods and
services which should be according to the description given for the products and
services effectively. The seller also should manage the quality according to the
satisfactory quality of products. The Act is also applied when the seller is selling goods
which are stolen. Thus, the Acts are applied where the property is being transferred to
anyone.
In respect to this, Ben is able to make a claim against Car Dealer’s magazine
that the car was provided by them is not filling the description given before purchasing
the car (Appleman, Appleman and Holmes, 2015). The Sale of goods and supply of
goods and service act will be applied for the situation that the seller is in a fault for
providing a car which is not working according the description. In respect to this, Ben
has legal rights to return the car and receive money from the car seller.
1.2 Analysing and advising Ben on the statutory provision
The UK legislation transfer of property which is governed according to the law of
Property Act 1925 and Transfer of Property Act 1822. The Act defines where a person
convey another person about the property or possession to transfer in the present or
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