1. Since the color pink is trademarked when used for building insulation by Owens Corning, all other...
Question:
1. Since the color pink is trademarked when used for building insulation by Owens Corning, all other insulation manufacturers must use different colors. (True/False)
2.The U.S. Patent Act has been amended from the "first to invent" rule to "first inventor to file" rule. (True/False)
3. If a company owns a copyrighted work, the copyright expires ninety-five years from the date of creation. (True/False)
4. The Constitution addresses all forms of modern intellectual property, including trademarks, patents, and copyrights (true/false)
5. If you are working for an employer in a creative capacity, working with others to develop a secret, and if you have agreed not to use trade secrets, then the right to the trade secret will belong to your employer, in all jurisdictions (true/false)
6. is a contract between a copyright holder and user, typically used in software licenses.
7. Which of the following statements about trade secrets is true?
A. If someone uses lawful means to uncover a secret, then the secret is no longer protected by the secret's owners.
B. Unlike patents, a trade secret cannot last forever.
C. Very few states have adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
D. Unlike patents, trademarks, and copyrights, there is a federal law that protects trade secrets.
E. Reverse engineering is an illegal way of discovering a trade secret.
8. What is patent infringement?
A. It is a label claiming patent protection for an application not yet granted.
B. It is a unique patent right granted to inventors of new forms of plant.
C. It is anything of value a company takes reasonable steps to protect from disclosure.
D. It is the violation of a patent holder's rights.
E. It is the pejorative term for patent holding companies.
9. An increase in the number of patents filed has been caused by an increase in the number of:
A. one-click patents.
B. pending patents.
C. design patents.
D. business method patents.
E. plant patents.
10. The final validating authority of a patent rests with the:
A. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
B. Office of the Federal Register.
C. U.S. federal courts.
D. Federal Communications Commission.
E. Department of Commerce.
11.After the passage of the _____ Act of 2006, trademark owners of famous trademarks only need to show a likelihood of dilution before filing a dilution lawsuit.
12.The ______ was deemed patentable because of its utility in medical research for its extreme propensity to develop cancer.
13. The rules that apply to trademarks apply equally to service marks, collective marks, and _____ marks.
14. _____ is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the free distribution of creative content, and publisher of several standard copyright licenses.
15. The objective of trademark law is to prevent _____.
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