Exam 9: Intellectual Property

To be copyrightable, a work must:

Among the forms of intellectual property, copyrights are:

In Audi AG v. D'Amato the appeals court held that Audi's name suffered conversion by D'Amato's use of the name Audi in his website advertising.

Trademarks that are inherently distinctive are classified as:

Trade secrets include any information that a company has worked diligently to keep secret from competitors.

Which of the following factors is not relevant in considering whether a use of copyrighted material is fair use not requiring payment?

In Audi AG v. D'Amato the appeals court held that Audi did not have the ability to limit D'Amato's use of Audi trademarks on his website, where he sold Audi products.

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 the patent had expired by the time of the litigation so the case was moot..

Private parties can obtain search-and-seizure orders to grab counterfeit goods under the:

Colleges may not trademark their sports team name or logos because they are non-profit institutions.

The Lanham Act provides for:

Copyrights, trademarks and trade names are examples of intellectual property.

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

Patents are particularly advantageous because:

If artists at Disney draw cartoons as part of their work, the copyright on that work is good for 95 years.

Registering a trademark does not mean:

Intellectual property protection around the world is encouraged by:

Under the rules of the World Intellectual Property Organization, registration of a trademark in one country applies to all nations that belong to the Organization.

The law of copyright gives a copyright owner all of the following rights except the right:

Which of the following statements is not true about counterfeiting of trademarks: