Exam 9: Intellectual Property

If an invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use of no sale in the country more than one year prior to the application for patent in the United States then:

Approximately what percentage of patent applications are approved:

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

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

For a product to have trade dress protection,it must be registered with the Trademark Office.

Intellectual property is created by:

Once a patent is issued in the U.S. ,Japan,or the EU (the European Patent Office),under World Intellectual Property Organization rules,it is good in all three of those jurisdictions.

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

An example of a generic trademark is:

The length of a copyright in the U.S.is the same as it is in the European Union.

Traditionally,trademark protection was created by priority of use.

Which of the following is an example of intangible property:

Trade dress falls under different legal standards than trademarks.

Which of the following is a legal protection associated with registering a trademark:

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)works for common international standards for patents.

Once the shoe company Nike obtained a trademark for a line of shoes called Shox,no other company was allowed to use that name for any product.

A charge of dilution would apply to a company that sold guitars named Nike,even though Nike does not make or sell guitars.

About 20,000 patents are issued annually.

In Wal-Mart v.Samara Brothers,where Wal-Mart was accused of copying the design of children's clothing,the Supreme Court held that for trade dress protection to exist,the good or service must:

The patent for the Coca-Cola formula expired in 1907.