Exam 9: Intellectual Property

Trade dress law falls under trademark law and the Lanham Act.

The term of copyright protection is:

A commercial symbol that a manufacturer prints on its goods so they can be readily identified in the marketplace is a(n):

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

In Nystrom v.Trex Co.the appeals court upheld the patent issued to Nystrom and held that the word "board" need not just apply to wood boards,but can apply to boards made out of other materials.

Rights of literary property as recognized by law are:

To be copyrightable,a work must:

Arbitrary and fanciful trademarks receive the strongest legal protection.

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

"Inherently distinctive" trade dress is protected under the:

About 45,000 copyrights in total are registered each year.

"Apple" (computers)is a real word applied to a non-related product.It is what kind of mark?

Which of the following is not a category of trademarks:

A generic trademark is licensed to all firms in the same industry.

An example of a generic trademark is:

A copyright is good for the life of the author of the copyrighted material,plus another one hundred years.

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

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 Audi AG v.D'Amato the appeals court held that Audi could stop D'Amato's use of the domain name audisport.com.

Protection for intellectual property dates back to: