Exam 12: The Importance of Intellectual Property

The four types of trademarks are ________.

An intellectual property audit is conducted to determine the intellectual property a company owns.

Since the first patent was granted in 1790, the USPTO has granted 9.6 million patents.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four key forms of intellectual property protection?

While stealing trade secrets is widely considered to be unethical, it is not a criminal offense.

Which of the following are the four key forms of intellectual property protection?

Which of the following is NOT generally eligible for trademark protection?

What are the two primary rules of thumb for determining whether intellectual property protection should be pursued for a particular intellectual asset?

A trademark is a form of intellectual property protection that grants to the owner of a work of authorship the legal right to determine how the work is used and to obtain the economic benefits from the work.

The term of a utility patent is ________ years from the date ________.

Which of the following symbols is the copyright bug?

The federal Economic Espionage Act, passed in 1996, criminalizes ________.

The opening feature focuses on 3Derm Systems, a company that makes a device that takes 3D images of the human skin. The central form of intellectual property that 3Derm is hoping to benefit from is a(n) ________.

Copyright law is governed by the ________.

Which of the following is NOT an example of intellectual property?

Design patents are the most common type of patent and cover what we generally think of as new inventions.

A utility patent can be obtained for a new product or process or the "idea" for a new product or process.

A ________ is any word, name, symbol, or device used to identify the source of origin of products or services and to distinguish those products or services from others.

Computer software is not covered by copyright law.

The average time for the approval of a patent is approximately seven months.