Exam 9: Intellectual Property

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

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

Which of the following is an example of a suggestive trademark?

The ____ is responsible for issuing patents.

Fair use depends if the copying is for commercial or educational use.

The reputation of a firm that gives value to trademarks and other such forms of intellectual property combined with the trust of many customers is known as:

Trade names are registered under the Lanham Act and are protected by the Patent and Trademark Office.

Dilution means a seller causes confusion about the origins of a product by improper use of any trademark.

Books and other written works make up about what percent of the copyrights issued each year:

A ____ is any word, symbol, device, or any combination of these that is used, or intended to be used, in commerce to certify regional or other geographic origin.

Once issued by the Trademark Office, trademarks are registered forever.

Trademarks are due absolute protection under federal law, even if not used in commerce, once they are registered.

To earn protection under the Lanham Act a product must be:

An invention must be which of the following to get a patent?

Patents cases are usually reviewed by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

An example of a generic trademark is:

"Union Made in the USA" is a Cooperative Mark protected by the Lanham Act.

What allows exclusive control over original written works, musical compositions, art and photography; including control over reproduction, display and derived works:

One advantage of a patent is that:

____ is property that may be invisible and impossible to hold.