1. If you owned a trade secret, what methods would you employ to protect it?

2. If you invented something that was patentable or the subject of a trade secret, what types of issues would you consider when deciding whether or not to apply for a patent?

3. Go to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at http://www.uspto.gov . Search the trademark database for the phrase "Let's Roll." Do you think that companies should be able to trademark phrases? Can you find other examples?

4. "Netbook" is an example of a term the USPTO recently rejected as being generic, even though it was at one point a registered trademark. Can you think of other recent examples of genericized trademarks?

5. Do you think that the rules of cybersquatting should extend beyond Internet domain names to other uses such as Facebook or Twitter account names? Why or why not?