Exam 9: Intellectual Property Rights and the Internet

Three types of patents available under U.S.law are:

Stealing trade secrets can result in fines, but not imprisonment.

A copyright owner may prohibit even limited use of copyrighted material if it is used for parody or criticism.

Once approved by the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office, a patent is presumed valid after a public comment period of 90 days.

In order for a work to be copyrightable, it must possess a significant amount of creativity.

The type of patent that may be granted to developers of plant reproduction methods is called a:

When secret information is shared or communicated for a special purpose and the person receiving the information knows it is not to be made known, it loses the protection it had while secret.

If other persons are permitted to use a trademark, it will lose its exclusive character and become generic.

Under the United States Supreme Court's "doctrine of equivalents," infringers may not avoid liability for patent infringement by substituting insubstantial differences for some of the elements of the patented product or process.

To analyze a copyright infringement claim in the context of computer programs, courts will primarily examine:

All types of patents available under U.S.law are entitled to the same quality and duration of protection once initial filing is perfected with the Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C.

It is important to protect trade dress against adoption by a competitor failure to protect the mark can:

Design patents have a duration of ____ years.

An owner of a copyright may license some of his or her rights to another in exchange for royalty payments.

The type of patent that may be granted to developers of new and non-obvious ornamental features of manufactured articles is called a(n):

The Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 created a new form of industrial intellectual property by protecting mask works and the semiconductor chip products in which they are embodied against chip piracy.

A copyright is the exclusive right given by federal statutes to the creator of a literary or an artistic work to use, reproduce, and display the work.

Although processes and machines are eligible for patent protection, manufactures and compositions of matter are not.

The measure of damages for misappropriation of a trade secret is:

The Lanham Act grants protection for: