Exam 33: Science, technology, and Law in the 21st Century

The ________ is responsible for regulating the transportation and the wholesale price of natural gas and electricity sold for use in interstate commerce.

Permits issued under the Clean Water Act relate to the:

A ________ is a symbol,picture,image,name,device,color,or word that a business uses to distinguish itself from its competitors.

Hercules Steel Castings Company,Inc.manufactures steel castings.It does not follow the permissible limits with regard to the release of polluting gases in the air.It has also failed to report violations of pollution control laws to the federal government.Which act does it violate and which agency would have the power to prosecute this organization?

Joan Kilney had a major car accident.She continued to be fed through a surgically-implanted gastrostomy tube for a period of five years.She expressed a wish to end the prolonged agony by taking recourse to the right to die.What difficulties are generally faced by a trial court in such cases and what could be the remedy as has envisaged by several commentators?

The three issues that author Robert Heilbroner thought would challenge the existence of the human race are: (1)________, (2)the challenge of uncontrolled population growth,and (3)the destruction of the environment.

The Three Mile Island accident was a core meltdown in Unit 2 (a pressurized water reactor)of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County,Pennsylvania near Harrisburg,United States in 1979.It let large amounts of nuclear reactor coolant escape.Which organization handles such cases and how does it ensure that they are not repeated again?

Sienna runs a restaurant.The barbeque chicken that is served in the restaurant is famous and draws a large crowd.Sienna follows a special process of preparing the chicken.This process is not known to anyone except Sienna and her cook.Does this process of barbequing chicken qualify as a trade secret?

In the traditional "obvious-to-try TSM standard," if a challenger can show that anyone of ordinary skill can show the obviousness of the innovation,the invention would not be patentable.

The World Health Organization (WHO)has a branch office in each member nation's country.In the United States,the WHO's branch office is called the Center for Disease and Control (CDC)in Atlanta.

A ________ is an intangible property right granted to authors of musical compositions,while a ________ gives a person the exclusive right to sell an invention.

The ________ clause of the U.S.Constitution reads that Congress is empowered to lay and collect taxes,duties,imposts,and excises,and to pay the debts of the United States.

The UN's Economic and Social Council takes approximately 70% of the UN's annual operating budget.

The Classic Case,JCVI and Patent Application US2007 0264688: "To Be or Not to Be ...Alive,involved the issue of patenting a self-replicating completely synthetic life-form.

John is a mechanical engineer.He has designed a car which uses water rather than fossil fuel to run.Is John's invention eligible to be patented?

In the case of ________,the United States Supreme Court decided that it was possible to define and patent a life-form.

________ refers to all relevant technical knowledge about the field to which the invention belongs.

A ________ is a property right granted by the federal government to an inventor.

The World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:

NIOs that are completely dependent upon their member nations and would be unable to do anything without their support are referred to as: