Exam 40: Intellectual Property

Edwina wrote an original novel entitled "Good Thunder on the Prairie" and registered a copyright on her work. A producer read the book and thought it would make an excellent made-for-television movie, so without consulting Edwina, he developed a script based upon the novel and produced it as "Thunder Storm on the Prairie." What, if any, recourse does Edwina have under the circumstances?

A collective mark is used in connection with goods or services to certify their regional origin.

A copyright would protect a photograph.

Design patents grant the holder a 14-year monopoly.

Trade secret law protects a trade secret for renewable 20-year terms.

Which of the following remedies is NOT available for patent infringement?

Which of the following is true under the Anti-counterfeiting Amendments Act of 2004?

A patent may be renewed.

The characters and the names of a television show may be registered as collective marks.

A statutorily secured monopoly right that is issued to inventors or discoverers of useful new devices or processes is known as a:

The international treaty to which the United States is a party and which protects copyrighted works is known as the:

Identify the three types of patents, their requirements, and duration.

Regarding trademark protection:

"Palming off" was one of the earliest forms of unfair competition, but it is not found today.

The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 prohibits the theft of trade secrets and provides criminal penalties for violations.

Goods bearing a counterfeit mark may be destroyed without compensation to the owner of the goods.

A person may misappropriate a trade secret by unintentionally discovering it.

For a mark to be protected under federal law, it must be registered with the Patent and Trademark Office.

Federal registration of a mark under the Lanham Act:

The NET Act was enacted to: