Exam 9: Intellectual Property

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.

Dilution as a trademark violation applies primarily to famous marks.

Nike does not sell televisions,but suppose some company began to market televisions called Nike.That would be:

"Chicken of the Sea" is an example of a suggestive trademark.

The Trademark Protection Act of 1963 established modern trademark law.

Information that is not known by the competition and would cause a business to lose its advantage if the competition obtained it and is protected from disclosure by the owner is:

Intellectual property violations must be taken to the U.S.Attorney for prosecution.

A service mark is:

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

Among the forms of intellectual property,copyrights are:

Patents may be granted for processes.

Once the trade dress of a product or service is registered with the Trademark Office,legal protection begins.

In Two Pesos v.Taco Cabana the Supreme Court held that the look of a restaurant could be protected by trade dress.

Since Delta Airlines is larger and better known than the company named Delta that makes water faucets,Delta Airlines would be granted priority rights to the domain name www.delta.com.

Rights of literary property as recognized by law are:

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

A firm can make a decision to either patent a product or make is subject to trade secret law,but using one generally eliminates the use of the other.

Patents law provides one of the weakest forms of protection in intellectual property law.

Descriptive trademarks are not favored at law,but can receive protection.

In Audi AG v.D'Amato,where Audi sued D'Amato for trademark violations for selling Audi logo goods on his website audisport.com,the appeals court held that it would consider certain factors about possible infringement.Which of the following is a factor considered when determining whether there is a "likelihood of confusion":