Exam 18: Intellectual Property

In order to attract copyright protection,which of the following must a work possess?

Rupert is discussing the various methods available to his company with respect to a domain name registration that is preventing it from using its trademark as its Internet address with the registrar.Which of the following is most likely the cause of this conflict? )

A business with a patent monopoly to sell its invention will want to ensure it has a unique domain name on the website that will readily direct its customers to its website address.

What role does an ISP's conduit function have to hold in order to receive protection from liability by the communication exemption?

A party requesting a pretrial order to allow it to seize material suspected of infringing intellectual property rights is asking a court for an Anton Pillar order.

Once the trademark office has included EcoGrow Corp.'s trademark in its journal publication,which of the following results would likely present the greatest challenge for the applicant to overcome?

Which of the following would immediately bar the registration of an industrial design?

Identify the elements that determine the patentability of intellectual property,the duration of the patent,and prohibitive elements that an owner of intellectual property should consider,if any.

The intellectual property accruing to an organization through the creative works of its in-house employees can be bought or acquired by others through licensing agreements.

In the absence of an express provision regarding confidence,how may an obligation of confidence arise?

Under the Copyright Act,both the copying of musical works by an individual for private use and the collection of levies on blank audio media in order to compensate the rights holders is permitted.

What is the function of a certification mark?

A trademark is the name under which a sole proprietorship,a partnership,or a corporation does business.

Discuss the rights attributable to a registered industrial design.

In the case of Mattel v.3894207 Canada Inc.2006 SCC 22,the court's decision was based on the facts and evidence,which included the absence of any instances of actual confusion.With regard to the determination of confusion resulting from the difference between goods and services associated with trademarks,which of the following would a trademark lawyer most likely identify as denoting the clarity given by the court?

Which of the following would a business law professor indicate as the most effective means of exploiting the value residing in protected intellectual property?

Patents protect inventions and are essential to businesses for distinguishing goods and services of one provider from those of another.

Ziggy's ChairsByDesign Inc.protects its rights to the appearance of its articles against copying by registering its industrial designs and marking its products appropriately.

Although the Canadian Patent Office guidelines state that business methods are not automatically excluded from protection,some business methods are deemed unpatentable for policy reasons.