Exam 20: Intellectual Property

The copying of a musical work for the private use of the person copying it constitutes copyright infringement.

Jack starts a music store called MusicHill.The store specializes in hip hop and other popular music for teenagers.Later,Mary also sets up her own music store and calls it Musichills.To protect his trademark,Jack may

Registration alone does not make a person the owner of a trademark.

An Anton Pillar order gives the party to whom it is granted the right to go into the business or other premises of someone who may be guilty of copyright infringement even before a lawsuit is commenced.In such a situation,what value would such an order have?

A copyright assigned by A to B cannot be further assigned by B to C without the consent of A.

Generally speaking,computer software can be protected by both copyrighting it and patenting it.

There is no copyright of ideas.

Great Film Company (GFC)makes movies in DVD format and sells them to video stores for sale or rental.It owns the copyright in the films and the DVDs.GFC has just learned that Shady Video Store (SVS)is making knock-offs or copies of its movies on DVD and selling them to the public.In this case,GFC can

One of the elements of the tort of passing-off is that the plaintiff must establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the misrepresentation has taken place.

Copyright arises automatically simply by the act of creation.

Section 2 of the Trade-marks Act defines a trademark to include a distinguishing guise.

Genetic alterations in animals can be patented.