Exam 8: Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition

Which type of claims involve false representations that are likely to induce third parties to believe that the defendant's goods or services are those of the plaintiff?

Which of the following kinds of marks are denied placement on the Principal Register?

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

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

Which of the following can be defined as any secret formula,pattern,process,program,device,method,technique,or compilation of information used in the owner's business,if it gives its owner an advantage over competitors who do not know it or use it?

How can a patentee transfer ownership of the patent to another party?

When one party to a contract claims that the defendant's meddling with the other party's performance of the contract wrongly caused the plaintiff to lose the benefit of that performance,the plaintiff has a cause of action for:

In case of conflict of ownership between employee and employer over a trade secret,the employer is normally held to be the owner when:

Why does the law disfavor noncompetition agreements?

Which of the following is true of an injurious falsehood case?

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

Which section of the United States Constitution empowers Congress to promote progress of science by enacting copyright and patent laws?

Which tort involves the publication of false statements that disparage another's business,property,or title to property,and thus harm her economic interests?

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

According to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA),the protection period for pre-1978 works is:

Which of the following statements about the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA)is false?

Patent ________ occurs when a defendant,without authorization from the patentee,usurps the patentee's rights by making,using,or selling the patented invention.

Patents issued on a process,defined as a mode of treatment of certain materials to produce a given result,is classified as:

Copyright protection is a state government action.

Which of the following is true of patents?