Exam 9: Intellectual Property Rights and the Internet

A copyright is the exclusive right given by federal statutes to the creator of a literary or an artistic work to use,reproduce,and display the work.

Stealing trade secrets can result in fines,but not imprisonment.

Computer software licensing agreements include restrictions on the use of software and give the licensor greater protection than that provided by copyright law.

Trademark law categorizes marks along a spectrum of ______,based on a mark's capacity to serve ______.

The type of patent that may be granted to developers of new and non-obvious ornamental features of manufactured articles is called a(n):

Although processes and machines are eligible for patent protection,manufactures and compositions of matter are not.

Written computer programs are not given the same protection as other copyrighted material.

To be patentable,an invention must be new and not obvious to a person of ordinary knowledge and skill in the art or technology to which the invention is related.

In order for a work to be copyrightable,it must possess a significant amount of creativity.

Under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act's _______,competitors may not only study mask works but may also use the results of that study to design their own semiconductor chip products embodying their own original masks.

Which of the following is not an exclusive right of the holder of a copyright?

The measure of damages for misappropriation of a trade secret is:

The Lanham Act grants protection for:

A business formula,information compilation,or device that provides an advantage over competitors that do not have it is known as a:

ICANN is a nonprofit corporation responsible for:

The America Invents Act:

A copyright bestows upon the creator of an artistic or literary work a federal statutory right to exclusively:

Cybersquatters are individuals who register and set up domain names on the Internet that are identical or confusingly similar to existing trademarks in the hopes they can sell the name to the trademark owner.

The type of patent that may be granted to developers of plant reproduction methods is called a:

Smarts and Then Some,Inc.developed a software program after several years of research and development.The particular software program was then test-marketed,at which point a competitor filed suit claiming that the Smarts and Then Some program violated the competitor's copyright on a program they too were test-marketing.What is the test to determine whether a copyright has been violated?