Exam 9: Intellectual Property

What are the various marks used by merchants to identify themselves and their products?

A multiple licensing agreement is a contract for the licensing of industrial property rights to two or more licensees.

Which of the following terms refers to the exact manner in which a particular work of authorship is set down in a tangible way?

A certification mark is a mark or symbol used to identify a person who provides services.

Explain the right of performance.

A ________ is a mark or symbol used to identify a manufacturer or merchant.

A patent pool is an agreement to exchange licenses.

The domestic sale of products manufactured under a license that only grants a foreign licensee the right to sell the goods overseas is called gray marketing.

Which of the following terms refers to a franchise in which a manufacturer licenses a dealer to sell its products?

In the year 1915, Coca Cola patented the shape of Coca Cola bottles. This is an example of a(n) ________.

Which of the following is true of a cartel?

Agreements between sellers and buyers are called ________.

A patent is an incorporeal statutory right that gives an inventor, for a limited period, the exclusive right to use or sell a patented product or to use a patented method or process.

Mark owns a chain of hotels. Roby acquires a license that allows him to extend the chain under the supervision and control of Mark. This type of license is an example of a ________.

When the TRIPS Agreement came into effect, the minimum term of protection for patents was set at 20 years for WTO member states.

Agreements between competitors that have the effect of diminishing competition are called vertical competition agreements.

Cross-licensing agreements that involve any territorial restraint with respect to the manufacture, use, or marketing of goods are invalid.

What is an invention?

The personal rights of authors to prohibit others from tampering with their works are called ________.

Write a short note on the World Intellectual Property Organization.