Exam 9: Intellectual Property

"Exxon" is an arbitrary and fanciful trademark.

Most copyrighted materials now have protection for the life of the author plus:

Trademarks, trade names, patents, and copyrights represent a category of property called:

The orange exterior of Home Depot stores is an example of:

The registration of trademarks is provided by:

A generic trademark receives no legal protection.

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:

A patent is a government grant that gives an inventor the sole right to use, make or sell an invention for twenty years from the patent is issued.

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:

Patents may be granted for theories that are proven.

Under the ____ "whoever, with intent to convert a trade secret that is related to or included in a product that is produced for or placed in interstate or foreign commerce to the economic benefit of anyone other than the owner thereof, and intending or knowing that the offense will injure any owner of that trade secret" is subject to prosecution.

Which of the following can be patented in the United States, but not in Europe:

Over a half-million copyrights are registered each year.

Colleges sports teams can obtain trademarks for their name.

Arbitrary and fanciful, suggestive, descriptive, and generic are classifications of:

Approximately what percentage of patent applications are approved:

"Clorox" is a generic mark.

If a company attempts to steal the good name of another by using a well-respected name to sell their product they could be sued for:

Trade secrets:

The term of copyright protection is: