Exam 9: Intellectual Property

A service mark is:

Which of the following is true of a trade secret:

The International Silk Association uses the motto "Only silk is silk." That is a:

If you register trademark under the Lanham Act, the registration is good for:

The right of the author to have proper attribution of authorship and to prevent unauthorized changes in or destruction of an artist's work is a(n):

Once a patent is issued in the U.S., Japan, or the EU (the European Patent Office), under World Intellectual Property Organization rules, it is good in all three of those jurisdictions.

The fair use rule allows us to use some copyrighted works without prior permission, and without paying royalties.

Trademark registration is good for ten years at which point it must be renewed.

Patents may be granted for compositions of matter.

To be copyrightable, a work must:

In New York Times v. Tasini the Supreme Court held that electronic publication of copyrighted works did not violate the copyright so long as they were not sold for profit.

Since Holiday Inn is a descriptive mark, it receives no protection.

The Copyright Office registers more than ____ copyrights annually.

In Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service, the Supreme Court noted that copyrighted materials, such as white-pages of phone books are original material.

Which of the following is a legal protection associated with registering a trademark:

Cybersquatting occurs when a trademark is used improperly in a domain name.

Since Delta Airlines is larger and better known than the company named Delta that makes water faucets, Delta Airlines would be granted priority rights to the domain name www.delta.com.

Service marks do not apply to goods.

Which of the following is a legal protection associated with registering a trademark:

____ trademarks hint at the product.