Question 1

Which of the following would NOT be legally protected under intellectual property law?

Recipe

Blog post

Book

Slogan

An abstract idea in your mind

Question 2

Which of the following WOULD most likely be a trademark that could be protected by law?

A symbol never filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

A generic mark

Overused but once-trademarked names like "Escalator"

Ordinary words such as "I'm Lovin' It" that acquire secondary meaning

A logo you use only among family members

Question 3

Which of the following would most likely NOT be considered "fair use" under copyright law? Said another way, which of the following most likely violates copyright law?

Professor use of a picture for educational purposes in a college lecture

Posting a parody on YouTub of a musician's song

Using excerpts from a book in a newspaper article that reviews the book

Being paid to cover Beyonce's song "Halo" at a bar in downtown Philadelphia

Reproduction of a slogan in a Supreme Court opinion

Question4

For a work to protected under copyright law, the copyright ...

Must be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office

Owner must wait a year after the work is created to seek protection

Owner must be alive

Must be fixed in a durable medium

Cannot be a sound recording