Exam 9: Intellectual Property

Intellectual property protection around the world is encouraged by:

To download Nintendo games on the Internet, where others could then copy them freely, is a violation of which intellectual property rights:

The condition that patents must be for original inventions traces back to:

In Audi AG v. D'Amato, where Audi sued D'Amato for trademark violations for selling Audi logo goods on his website audisport.com, D'Amato claimed that there could not be any consumer confusion because he had a disclaimer on his website. The appeals court held that:

In Audi AG v. D'Amato, where Audi sued D'Amato for trademark violations for selling Audi logo goods on his website audisport.com, the appeals court held that D'Amato:

If artists at Disney draw cartoons as part of their work, the copyright on that work is good for 70 years.

The Copyright Office registers more than ____ copyrights annually.

Anything not already registered may be used as a trademark, including a list of words that describe the product or its uses.

A group of farmers could agree to label their food products with a service mark.

____ occurs when another person who, at any time after the owner's mark has become famous, commences use of a mark or trade name in commerce that is likely to cause dilution by blurring or dilution by tarnishment of the famous mark, regardless of the presence or absence of actual or likely confusion, of competition, or of actual economic injury.

A trade name is protected by:

Goodwill is:

The registration of a trademark does not include which legal protection?

Which is not a trademark class:

Intellectual property owners can sue for ____ if their intellectual property is used without authorization.

If an employee of a company writes something for hire the term of copyright protection for the work is:

In Audi AG v. D'Amato, where Audi sued D'Amato for trademark violations for selling Audi logo goods on his website audisport.com, the appeals court held that it would consider certain factors about possible infringement. Which of the following is a factor considered when determining whether there is a "likelihood of confusion":

Trade secrets will remain such even if they are shared with outsiders so long as everyone who receives the information is told that they are trade secrets.

Of the approximately 190,000 patents issued annually by the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks:

The "look" of a business, such as a restaurant, could not fall under trade dress.