Exam 8: Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition

Patent law is always an area of exclusive federal jurisdiction.

In a copyright infringement case,the successful plaintiff may recover either the damages sustained by the plaintiff or the profits realized by the defendant,but not both.

A patent can be viewed as a contract between the inventor and who?

Which of the following characterizes section 43 (a)of the Lanham Act?

The damages recoverable in a patent infringement case cannot be less than:

Any word,name,symbol,device,or combination thereof used by a manufacturer or seller to identify its products and distinguish them from the products of competitors is called a:

Which of the following characterizes the transfer of trademark rights?

What is the basic recovery for copyright infringement?

A patent granted on September 2,1997 will be valid for 17 years from that date unless the patent was for an ornamental design.

Trademark protection in the United States is for 30 years.

Which of the following is also termed slander of title or a trade libel?

What is the first-to-invent rule?

United States has adopted a "first-to-file" approach to patent law.

The basic recovery for copyright infringement is only the owner's actual damages.

The general rule on the duration of a copyright is that it lasts for 50 years from the time the copyrighted work was created and fixed in tangible form.

What is patent infringement?

Goods lawfully bearing trademarks or using patents and copyrighted material but entering the American markets without authorization are called _____.

Although the Lanham Act is the federal trademark statute,Section 43(A)of the statute may be invoked in various situations that do not involve trademark rights.

The patent application must include a(n)_____ describing the invention with sufficient detail and clarity to enable a person skilled in the relevant field to make and use the invention.

Which of the following distinguishes a copyright from a patent?