Exam 9: Intellectual Property

The formula for Coca-Cola is:

Registering a trademark does not mean:

A patent is good for 20 years from:

Goodwill is:

Lack of notice that a mark is a trademark:

The Lanham Act helps provide trademark protection.

In Nystrom v.Trex Company,where Nystrom sued Trex for patent infringement on an exterior flooring board,the appeals court held that Nystrom's patent:

As long as the owner continues to use and protect the trademark,the trademark's exclusive use:

"Exxon" is an arbitrary and fanciful trademark.

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

In Audi AG v.D'Amato,where Audi sued D'Amato for trademark violations for selling Audi logo goods on his website audisport.com,D'Amato claimed that there could not be any consumer confusion because he had a disclaimer on his website.The appeals court held that:

Which of the following is true of a trade secret:

Fair use allows small volume copying of copyright work so long as the revenue is "nominal."

Which of the following is part of a notice of copyright:

In Hicklin Engineering v.R.J.Bartell,where Bartell quit working for Hicklin and formed a company that competed with Hicklin,which then sued Bartell for theft of trade secrets,the appeals court held that:

Which of the following is an example of a successful descriptive trademark?

Intellectual property is also called tangible property.

If you create a new statute,you can register a copyright for it.

When a work has a copyright from the Copyright Office,the courts presume the copyright is valid and will only overturn it if "overwhelming evidence" is presented to show that it is not.

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