Exam 7: Intellectual Property and Cyber Piracy

The definition of "trade secret" under the Economic Espionage Act (EEA)is very specific and differs significantly from the definition used under the civil laws of misappropriating a trade secret.

Most patents are fidelity patents that protect the functionality of an invention.

The U.S.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was created to promote diversity in patent laws.

In a trademark infringement case:

In the United States,if two people independently develop the same invention,the patent will be granted to the first to file for the patent,not the first to invent the invention.

Recovery can be sought for stolen trade secrets only if they were patented or copyrighted.

De minimis use of a copyrighted work is not illegal or a copyright violation.

Which of the following would not be eligible for copyright protection?

Why are patents protected for a limited period of time? Does this argue in favor of not patenting an item?

Design patents are valid for seventeen (17)years.

Because of their tangible nature,intellectual property rights are more subject to misappropriation than is intangible property.

Copyrights owned by businesses are protected for:

Even industries that are not intellectual property-intensive are still highly dependent on their intellectual property rights.

Willful copyright infringement can be punished with a statutory damage award of up to:

Intellectual property falls into a category of property known as tangible rights.

Donna is on vacation in 2010 in San Francisco.She is a professional photographer and would like to take and sell some photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge.She wants her photographs to be copyrighted,but knows that there are already copyrighted photos of the Golden Gate Bridge taken from almost every angle.What must Donna do to obtain copyright protection for the photo?

The term of a patent begins to run when the patent application is filed,not when the application is accepted and the patent is granted.

A trademark can be registered even before it is actually used in commerce so long as the registrant verifies a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce and actually does so within six months.

Which of the following is true regarding trade dress?

Which of the following would likely not be eligible for a patent?