Exam 6: Intellectual Property

Which of the following requires member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can be enforced under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough enough to deter further violations?

Firefox and OpenOffice are all examples of which of the following?

What is the name of the agreement that prohibits a departing employee from working for any competitors for a period of time?

Cybersquatters:

The process of taking something apart in order to understand it, build a copy of it, or improve it is known as which of the following?

Defining and controlling the appropriate level of access to intellectual property are complex tasks.

Which of the following is a logo, package design, phrase, sound, or word that enables a consumer to differentiate one company's products from another's?

The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act of 2008 increased trademark and copyright enforcement and substantially increased penalties for infringement.

Under which act was the U.S. patent system changed from a "first-to-invent" to a "first-inventor-to-file" system?

The Fair Use Doctrine is a defense often employed by the defendant in trademark infringement cases.

A patent is a grant of a property right issued by which entity?

What is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)?

Legally obtained information that is gathered to help a company gain an advantage over its rivals is called which of the following?

Unlike traditional copyright law, which of the following acts 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?

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

Which act allows trademark owners to challenge foreign cybersquatters who might otherwise be beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts?

Copyright and patent protection was established through which of the following?

Which of the following was a legislator and former singer and entertainer who co-sponsored the Copyright Term Extension Act?

Which of the following terms is defined as the existing body of knowledge available to a person of ordinary skill in the art?

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