Doc Brown's signature invention is a flux capacitor, a device that assists with time travel.The best form of intellectual property protection for this new invention is most likely:

a.A copyright

b.A patent

c.A trade secret

d.A trademark

In the course of his experiments, Dr. Brown discovers that the stainless steel body of a DeLorean brand automobile improves flux dispersal and allows for smoother travel through the time continuum.The name DeLorean is likely that company's:

Trade dress

A patent

A trademark

A copyright

A trade secret

The DeLorean features distinctive "gull wing" doors.Assume the doors function as any other door but are merely have a distinctive physical appearance to set the car apart from other cars in the marketplace.In this case, what type of intellectual property would best describe the doors?

a.Patent

b.Copyright

c.Trademark

d.Trade dress

e.Trade secret

Assume instead that the DeLorean's "gull wing" doors rely on a novel, unique hinge design that makes them possible.Which form of intellectual property protection would best protect the hinge?

a.Patent

b.Copyright

c.Trademark

d.Trade Dress

e.Trade Secret

Doc Brown's work is slowed by the difficulty he has in locating enough plutonium to power the Delorean's fusion reactor.To his great disappointment, plutonium is not available at every corner drug store.In an effort to get around this technical problem, Brown travels to the future to find a better power source.He is thrilled to discover that a Mr. Fusion brand home reactor has just been invented.This device will let him transform ordinary garbage into gigawatts of power.Unfortunately, the device (which is superior to other home fusion machines on the market) is now under patent protection and is significantly more-costly than its competitors.Why would a patent make the Mr. Fusion item more expensive?

a.Patented items must pay an annual patent license fee to the USPTO

b.A patent awards a monopoly for a limited time to the inventor of that item

c.Patents grant mandatory licensing to other manufacturers to keep costs low

d.The patent wouldn't prevent others from copying the design

e.Time travel to the end of this exercise and give me the answers