jurisdiction

Examples of jurisdiction in the following topics:

• Consumer Products

  • This will vary from one jurisdiction to another.
  • The CPSC has jurisdiction over more than 15,000 different products; however, the CPSA excludes from the CPSC's jurisdiction those products that expressly lie in another federal agency's jurisdiction, for example food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, tobacco products, firearms and ammunition, motor vehicles, pesticides, aircraft, and boats.

• Digital Media and Intellectual Property Issues

  • Intellectual property rights encompass copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets depending on the jurisdiction.
  • Most jurisdictions recognize copyright limitations, allowing "fair" exceptions to the creator's exclusivity of copyright, and giving users certain rights.

• Types of Businesses

  • Moreover, the types of businesses that exist today can vary by jurisdiction.

• Changes in Pricing

  • However, global marketers must be prepared to deal with not only cultural expectations of pricing, but also external variables including trade tariffs, political and economic fluctuations, and the administrative or legal criteria of specific jurisdictions.

• Transfer Pricing

  • Compliance with the differing requirements of multiple overlapping tax jurisdictions is a complicated and time-consuming task.