Exam 6: Intellectual Property

Competitive intelligence analysts must be authorized to take unethical or illegal actions in the normal course of their job.

Copyright law protects authored works such as art, books, and film.

The main body of law that governs patents is contained in Title 35 of the U.S. Code.

Cross-licensing agreements between organizations allow each party to sue the other over patent infringements.

To obtain a U.S. , an application must be filed with the USPTO according to strict requirements.

A claims as its invention some feature or process embodied in instructions executed by a computer.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty of 1996 eliminated many of the original copyright protections for electronic media.

Merchants seeking trademark protection apply to the if they are using the mark in interstate commerce or if they can demonstrate a true intent to do so.

A(n) can be used to reveal a competitor's program code, which can then be used to develop a new program that either duplicates the original or interfaces with the program.

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

The Lanham Act (also known as the Trademark Act) defines the use of a trademark, the process for obtaining a trademark, and the penalties associated with trademark infringement.

is a term used to describe works of the mind such as art, books, inventions, music, and processes that are distinct and owned or created by a single person or group.

A software developer could make a program simply by putting it into the public domain with no copyright, allowing others to revise the original code.

A trademark is business information that represents something of economic value, has required effort or cost to develop, has some degree of uniqueness or novelty, is generally unknown to the public, and is kept confidential.

Discuss the uses of cross-licensing agreements by large software manufacturers and how their use can place smaller companies at a disadvantage.

Copyright and patent protection was established through the , which specifies that Congress shall have the power "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Rights to their respective Writings and Discoveries."

Two software manufacturers could conceivably develop separate programs that perform the same functions in a nearly identical manner without infringing each other's copyrights.

The enacted in 1999, allows trademark owners to challenge foreign cybersquatters who might otherwise be beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts.

According to the Copyright Term Extension Act signed into law in 1998, for works created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection endures for the life of the author plus .

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that there are classes of items that cannot be patented.