Exam 9: Intellectual Property Rights and the Internet

It is important to protect trade dress against adoption by a competitor failure to protect the mark can:

All types of patents available under U.S.law are entitled to the same quality and duration of protection once initial filing is perfected with the Patent and Trademark Office in Washington,D.C.

Owners of mask works are entitled to the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute their products under U.S.law for a period of:

When secret information is shared or communicated for a special purpose and the person receiving the information knows it is not to be made known,it loses the protection it had while secret.

The Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 created a new form of industrial intellectual property by protecting mask works and the semiconductor chip products in which they are embodied against chip piracy.

Design patents have a duration of ____ years.

Under the United States Supreme Court's "doctrine of equivalents," infringers may not avoid liability for patent infringement by substituting insubstantial differences for some of the elements of the patented product or process.

Trademarks may be used to protect the exclusive right to identify either products or services.

The best way to distribute and sell copyrighted computer programs is using:

Three types of patents available under U.S.law are:

If other persons are permitted to use a trademark,it will lose its exclusive character and become generic.

In limited circumstances customer lists are protected under trade secret laws.

Copyright of a "work made for hire" runs for the life of the creator of the work plus 50 years.