business law questions

Question 8 To obtain a remedy for the disclosure of confidential information or a trade secret, the plaintiff must show: Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. That the disclosure of information has caused harm. 1.00 O b. That there was a non-disclosure agreement. Flag question O c. That the employee intended to harm the employer. O d. That the employee profited from the disclosure. Question 9 Which of the following statements concerning intellectual property is FALSE? Not yet answered Marked out of Select one: 1.00 a. Flag The Copyright Act provides remedies in the form of statutory damages, enhanced injunction, and summary procedures. question b. If a copyright owner has grounds for believing that a person is infringing his copyright but fears that the infringer may destroy the evidence, the owner could go to court to get an Anton Piller order, which would allow him to search and seize the evidence. O c. Moral rights means that the creator has the right not to have the work changed in such a way as to diminish or degrade it. O d. A person who develops a new computer program cannot obtain copyright protection because that program is only loaded onto the computer as software. Question 10 Which of the following statements concerning intellectual property is TRUE? Not yet answered Marked out of Select one: 1.00 O a. Provincial legislation gives the right to copy or reproduce a created work to the author or owner and controls infringements. Flag question O b. Copyright protection for computer software and hardware first arose when the 2012 amendments to the Copyright Act were passed. O c. Ownership of a copyright can be sold. O d. A person can obtain copyright protection only when the idea upon which the work is based is original.Question 1 Which of the following is false with regard to copyright law in Canada? Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. Registration of copyright is restricted to published works. 1.00 O b. Generally, the term of copyright is the life of the author plus fifty years. Flag question O c. Copyright law is governed by the Copyright Act, but an author need not register under the statute to acquire copyright. O d. A Canadian author automatically acquires copyright upon the creation of her book, if she wasn't employed to write it. Question 2 Yessy created a machine that was not exactly new and novel in that it was an improvement on an existing patented machine. Which of the following is true? Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. Both Yessy's improvement and the original machine lose their patent protection. 1.00 O b. Yessy cannot get a patent for her improvement because it is not entirely new or novel. Flag question O c. Yessy could get a patent for her improvement and would thereby get an independent right to make, sell, or use his machine with the original machine incorporated into it. O d. Yessy could get a patent for her improvement, but has no right to make, sell, or use the original machine. Question 3 Which of the following best defines a patentable invention? Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. A significant scientific principle. 1.00 O b. A new and useful machine. Flag question O c. A unique mark identifying a business or product. O d. An original artistic work. Question 4 Which of the following is true with regard to the law governing patents? Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. In exchange for the monopoly given under the Patent Act, the owner of the patent must disclose the invention in its entirety. 1.00 O b. Like copyright, patent protection arises automatically. Flag question O c. Computer programs, as a general rule, can be patented because they are a set of instructions to a computer. O d. If a patent is developed by an employee, the employee has the right to obtain the patent.Question 5 Which of the following is true with regard to trademark? Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. The distinctive design of a product container cannot be the subject of trademark protection. 1.00 O b. By registering a trademark, the owner gains protection for life plus 50 years with the right to renew. Flag question O c. Once the owner has registered a trademark, he gains the exclusive right to use it throughout Canada. O d. A person who registers a trademark but later fails to use it, does not lose the protection of the mark. Question 6 Regarding trade-marks, the following statement is TRUE: Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. Before a trademark owner can sue successfully for an infringement, he must prove that the mark used by the defendant was the same as his mark. 1.00 O Flag b. Before a trademark owner can sue successfully for an infringement, he must prove that the mark used by the defendant actually did confuse members of the public. question O c. Once a trademark is registered, the owner of the trademark cannot lose the right to use that mark. O d. The owner of a trademark can sue someone who forges his trademark, and can ask the court for an injunction, an accounting of profits, and custody of the offending wares. Question 7 The following statement with respect to trade secrets is TRUE: Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. Personal information cannot be a trade secret, even if it affects the business. 1.00 O b. The information must be fully disclosed under the provincial Trade Secrets Actto be protected. Flag question O c. Trade secrets include such things as formulas, patterns, recipes. O d. Unless specified in contract, a duty not to disclose trade secrets does not exist