Business Law Chapter 8 Terms – Flashcards
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Protection of trade secrets extends (unlike copyright and trademark protection): protection of trade secrets extends:
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to both ideas and to their expression.
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Section 102 of the Copyright Act specifically excludes copyright protection for:
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A procedure, system, and method of operation
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Trademark dilution occurs when someone uses another's famous mark. But dilution may also occur if one uses a:
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similar mark
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If a firm makes, uses, or sells another's patented design, product, or process without the patent owner's permission, this tort occurs:
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patent infringement.
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If a patent is infringed, the patent holder has the right to sue in:
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federal court.
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Works that are copyrightable include:
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Computer and training manuals, sculptural works, and pantomimes.
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Trademarks are registered with:
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the federal government or with a state.
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Previously, a U.S. company wishing to register its trademark overseas would have to file an application in each country in which it sought protection. Now, the company can submit a single application and designate other member countries in which it would like to register its mark under this law:
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The Madrid Protocol.
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A federal patent grants to the owner the exclusive right to make, use, or sell her invention for a period of:
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20 years.
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An intangible property right granted by federal statute to the author or originator of a literary or artistic production of a specified type is a:
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copyright.
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Trade secret law protects some businesses processes and information that are not or cannot be:
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Copyrighted, patented and trademarked.
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One using a similar mark is most likely to lessen the value of a famous mark when the companies using the marks provide:
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related goods or compete against each other in the same market.
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The TRIPS Agreement requires that signator nations provide laws protecting:
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Copyrights, trademarks, and patents.
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Some beverage companies contended that the Coca-Cola brand was entitled to:
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No protection under the law because the term did not accurately represent the product.
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Almost anything is patentable except:
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Abstract ideas, Natural Phenomena, and the laws of nature.
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A significant development relating to patents is the availability online of the world's searchable patent:
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Databases.
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One may avoid liability for copyright infringement by using the defense of:
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Fair use.
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The Economic Espionage Act, passed by Congress in 1996, made theft or trade secrets a:
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Federal crime.
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Compilations unlike ideas, are:
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Copyrightable.
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Which of these items may constitute trade secrets?
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Pricing information, marketing methods and Research & Development.
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A trademark is a (n):
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Distinctive mark, motto, device, or implement that a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise affixes to the goods it produces so that they may be identified on the market and their destinations made known.
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The TRIPS agreement established for the first time:
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International protection of intellectual property rights.
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Those who infringe copyrights may be liable for:
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Criminal penalties or damages.
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A grant form the government that gives an inventor the right to exclude others from marking, using and selling and invention for a period of twenty years from the date of filing the application is referred to as a :
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Patent.
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In 1995, Congress amended the Lanham Act by passing the:
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Federal Trademark Dilution Act.
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Under the Berne Convention of 1886, as amended, if an American writes a book every:
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Country that has signed the convention must recognize the American author's copyright in the book.
