Exam 6: Intellectual Property

The is a nonprofit corporation responsible for managing the Internet's domain name system.

The courts have ruled in favor of using reverse engineering to .

A trademark permits its owner to exclude the public from making, using, or selling a protected invention, and allows for legal action against violators.

A(n) is a logo, package design, phrase, sound, or word that enables a consumer to differentiate one company's products from another's.

One of the tests that an invention must pass to be eligible for a patent is that it must .

Unlike a copyright, a patent prevents as well as copying.

is a violation of the rights secured by the owner of a copyright.

Formulas, inventions, and processes are not considered forms of intellectual property.

, a software product developed by California-based iParadigms, supports 15 languages and is used by over 10,000 educational institutions around the world.

Legally obtained information that is gathered to help a company gain an advantage over its rivals is called .

The fair use doctrine denies portions of patented materials to be used without permission under any circumstance.

Unlike traditional copyright law, the does not govern copying; instead, it focuses on the distribution of tools and software that can be used for copyright infringement as well as for legitimate non-infringing use.

is the use of illegal means to obtain business information not available to the general public.

The redistribution of a program code with no copyright as a proprietary software can be avoided by using a(n) _____.

Because organizations can risk losing trade secrets when key employees leave, they often try to prohibit employees from revealing secrets by adding non-compete clauses to employment contracts.

A patent is a grant of a property right issued by the to an inventor.

A(n) prohibits a departing employee from working for any competitors for a period of time.

The main tactic organizations use to circumvent cybersquatting is to protect a trademark by registering numerous _____.

Patent law protects .

guarantees developers the rights to their works for a certain amount of time.