Exam 9: Intellectual Property

If a trademark is registered,it is easier to get help from the Customs Service in fighting imported counterfeits.

Which of the following is a drawback to patents:

If you register a trademark under the Lanham Act,the registration of the mark will last for twenty years,and then registration may be renewed.

Trade secrets can be shared with all employees in a firm so long as all are told that it is a trade secret.

A trademark may be a:

Traditionally,the right to trademark protection was determined primarily by:

Patents are public information.

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

________________ is property that may be invisible and impossible to hold.

In Nystrom v.Trex Co.the appeals court upheld the patent issued to Nystrom because Patent Office decisions can only be reversed if fraud is shown.

When registering a trademark the applicant must submit a copy of the mark,which is referred to as a(n):

The World Intellectual Property Organization:

In New York Times Co.v.Tasini,involving the electronic database reproduction of previously published newspaper articles,the Supreme Court held that:

A trade name is protected by:

Companies that suffer from sales of counterfeit goods may request assorted federal authorities take action against the sellers of the goods,but may do nothing directly.

Counterfeit goods:

The Lanham Act essentially made common law trademark protection a part of federal law.

Trademarks classified as ______________ are most favored because they are inherently distinctive:

The term of copyright protection is:

Infringement is: