Exam 28: Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is protected through the use of trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and patents.

The owner of a trademark loses rights to it "when any course of conduct of the registrant, including acts of omission or commission, causes the mark to lose its significance as an indication of origin" under a:

The contract for the sale of a business usually includes a(n) ________________, similar to the restrictive covenant placed in an employment contract.

Computer programs and computer games may not be copyrighted under existing law.

A distinctive, nonfunctional feature, which distinguishes a merchant's or manufacturer's goods or services from those of another, is known as a:

Intellectual property is also referred to as ___________ .

An individual who copies another's works without permission may be found liable for infringement.

The Patent and Trademark Office would probably grant a patent if the invention is a device, useful, novel, and:

Registering or using another person's or company's domain name in bad faith for the purpose of earning a profit is referred to as:

Since many computer programs are designed to do certain tasks electronically that have previously been done mechanically, it is often difficult to satisfy the novelty and nonobviousness requirements for a patent.

A trademark refers to the name and good reputation of a firm.

Producers of computer software have an incentive to treat their creations as trade secrets because there is no set time limit on the protection available for patents, copyrights and trademarks.

A ___________ is a unique identifier that serves as an address for a web page.

Anyone who manufactures or sells, without permission, a product that has been patented by another can be charged with:

Trademark registrations are issued at the federal level by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of the Department of:

An agreement in which the seller agrees not to begin or operate a similar business within a certain geographic area, or within a specified period of time, is known as a(n):

An agreement in which the employee agrees not to work in similar employment is known as a:

A(n) __________ test is used to determine whether an ordinary reasonable observer comparing two works would have to conclude that the work being questioned was copied from the other.

A trademark registration is issued for a renewable period of:

Under the current copyright law, a created work is protected for the lifetime of the creator plus: