Exam 11: Intellectual Property

What is an infringement?

Explain the process for obtaining a patent.

Which of the following is most likely to be the first step taken by a business to protect its trade secrets?

In the context of trademarks,which of the following is otherwise known as recognizability?

As part of the trademark application process,the Patent and Trademark Office places a proposed mark in the ______,which gives existing mark owners notice and allows for objection.

Who are the individuals protected under copyright laws?

What are trademarks?

The protections of property often do not apply automatically to ownership of intangible knowledge resources that are created.

The fair use of a registered trademark defense was established in the ______.

______ refers to a colored design or shape associated with a product or service.

Fair use of a registered trademark is allowed by the Economic Espionage Act.

The Federal Trademark Dilution Act prohibits the use of a mark that is the same or similar to a "famous" trademark only when the owner of the "famous" trademark can prove public confusion regarding the two marks.

An injunction is an order by a judge either to do something or to refrain from doing something.

______ is a form of expression that criticizes by poking fun at something through exaggeration.

How does the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)determine that the proposed trademark is not similar to or owned by someone else?

Innocently acquiring a secret from another without knowledge of their theft is generally misappropriation.

A ______ refers to a public meaning that is different from its meaning as a person's name or as a distinctive term,a public meaning that makes the name or term distinctive.

Which of the following types of intellectual property can be assigned to the invention of a plant that can be reproduced asexually?

A patent is a legal monopoly in copying and marketing a new invention.

Garry uses Vizikool,an Internet service provider,to access a file sharing website that can help Garry download copyright protected music.Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA),Vizikool can be held liable for Garry's actions,even though the service provider was unintentionally linking Garry to the file sharing website.