Exam 9: Intellectual Property

Which of the following is a drawback to patents:

Something that is in the public domain:

If an invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent then:

To register a trademark you have to pay a fee and submit a copy of the mark, along with a description of the goods that will use the mark.

The Economic Espionage Act applies to the theft of industrial materials that are important to national security. The law does not apply to the theft of ordinary business property such as trade secrets.

Jin worked on technical developments for Motorola. One year she took a leave of absence to return to her home country, China, to work for a year. After returning to Motorola, she downloaded thousands of documents, many of which involved trade secrets. She bought a one-way ticket to China and was arrested at the airport when she was about to go to China with the documents. She was convicted of theft and sentenced to four years in prison. The court of appeals held that she was:

Suggestive trademarks are provided no legal protection.

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has primary responsibility for reviewing which kinds of cases:

Cybersquatters who claim domain names that include trademarks that belong to others:

Many historians believe that the U.S. system of inexpensive, reliable patents:

In Bowman v. Monsanto, where Bowman used Monsanto's patented Roundup Ready seeds and, in violation of the contract provided by Monsanto, kept seeds from his crop to use next year so that the seeds had the genetic composition of the Monsanto seeds. The Supreme Court held that genetic material cannot be patented.

If you have a valid copyright, the Copyright Office will help defend it.

Which of the following is an example of intangible property:

Goodwill is a benefit of having an established business and loyal customers.

When a work has a copyright from the Copyright Office, the courts presume the copyright is valid and will only overturn it if "overwhelming evidence" is presented to show that it is not.

Which of the following is a drawback to patents:

Under the common law trade name protection belongs to:

To register a copyright, you must:

When a copyright is registered, the Copyright Office checks to try to be sure it is not a duplication of an existing work.

In Bowman v. Monsanto, where Bowman used Monsanto's patented Roundup Ready seeds and, in violation of the contract provided by Monsanto, kept seeds from his crop to use next year so that the seeds had the genetic composition of the Monsanto seeds. The Supreme Court held that: