Exam 29: Intellectual Property

Production techniques are not trade secrets.

A trade name cannot be protected if it is unusual.

Each member country of the TRIPS agreement must include in its domestic laws intellectual property rights.

Edge is a video game featuring interactive extreme sports. The graphics used in the game are protected by

Beans Coffee & Cocoa Company makes and sells a chocolate-flavored coffee drink under the name "CoCoCafe." Darkroast Java, Inc., later markets a similar tasting drink under the name "KoKoKafe." This is most likely​

Resurgent Corporation designs a new mobile device that the firm names "SyFye." The company can obtain patent protection for

Duplos College Bookstore compiles, copies, and sells reading materials to students. The compilations are prepared on the instructions of professors, who indicate which parts of which publications should be included for their students. The copied materials include texts published by Ebooks, Inc. Duplos does not obtain the permission of Ebooks, or any of the other original publishers of the copied materials, and does not pay royalties on the sales of the compilations. Ebooks and others file a suit against Duplos, alleging infringement of their intellectual property rights. Which type of intellectual property is involved in this situation? What is Duplos's likely defense? How is a court most likely to rule? Explain.

Ky downloads and sells, in international markets via the Internet, e-textbooks without the authors' or publishers' permission. The international treaty that applies to pirated copyrighted works being distributed via the Internet is

The TRIPS agreement covers computer programs.

All aspects of software are protected by copyright law.

An exception to liability for copyright infringement is made under the "fair use" doctrine.

Theft of confidential data by industrial espionage is a theft of trade secrets.

A copy must be exactly the same as the original to infringe a copyright.

By using another's trademark, a business could lead consumers to believe that its goods were made by the other business.

Trade Publishing Inc. owns the rights to the Aura series of paranormal-themed novels, and publishes and sells copies in bookstores and online. Sydney buys and reads a copy of each book in the series. With regard to these copies, Sydney can

Like most successful companies, Pads & Phones, Inc. (P&P), has trade secrets. The law protects those secrets if

Trade names have the same legal protection as trademarks.

To succeed in a lawsuit alleging trademark dilution, the plaintiff must prove that consumers are likely to be confused by the unauthorized use of a mark.

Patent infringement occurs only if all features or parts of a product are copied.

A person who buys a copyrighted work cannot sell it to someone else.