Which of the following is the legal definition of patent infringement?
What are some of the bars to getting a trademark?
What circumstantial evidence might a former employer offer a court to preemptively enjoin a former employee from disclosing information to a new employer?
Which of the following is not one of the eight broad categories of copyrightable work?
Patent infringement suits can take years and cost millions of dollars. Which of the following is another option patent owners have in seeking redress for infringement?
To gain trade secret protection, what must the owner do with confidential information?
For which of the following are plant patents granted?
What was the chief weakness of the Trade Mark Act of 1881?
What are the three patentability criteria for a design patent?
The “bargain” theory is a theoretical justification for patents. What does it argue?
In general, early European copyright systems achieved what results?
Which two public policy goals are served by granting copyrights? (Choose all that apply)
How was America’s emphasis on widespread public access to learning evident in the concept of “Fair Use” developed by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story?
In what way are trademarked designs and trade dress similar to design patents?
What do trademarks share with other intellectual; property rights?
Why has no company been able to trademark “87 Octane” gasoline?
What is one key advantage of trade secret protection versus patent protection?
How is misappropriation defined?
How long will Michael Jackson’s copyrights last? (Note: He died in 2009)
Which of the following was NOT a unique feature of the U.S. patent system?
If the copyright lasts for 95 years from first publication, that copyright is for:
Explain the difference between ideas and their expression under copyright law.
Which of the following effects did early patent systems tend to have on the overall economy?
Which of the following are possible defenses in a defendant’s Answer to a Claim? (Choose all that apply)
Which of the following does a patent give an inventor the exclusive right to?
Why did trademarks not emerge until the start of widespread trade in the Bronze Age?
Is information not known to the public considered to be a trade secret?
A collective mark identifies what?
What is the purpose of the intellectual property right we call a trademark.
Which of the following is the definition of inequitable conduct?
On December 16, 2015, the Copyright Royalty Board changed the royalty rates paid by music services like Pandora. What change was made?
Why were the first two national trademark laws ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?
Which of the following alternative forms of copyright never allow users to change, modify or re-use original content?
Why was the right to privacy, as argued most notably by later Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 1890, considered an “allied right” of copyright?
What is one way to guard against the active disclosure of trade secret information?
The policy of strong patent rights and weaker copyrights also reflected what differences in the motivations of inventors compared to authors?
Changes to copyright law in the future are likely to focus on which issues?
A copyright gives authors, artists, dramatists, architects, and other artistic creators the exclusive right to control what?
Trade secret theft or misappropriation costs the world’s richest 40 nations approximately how much of their gross domestic product, or GDP, each year?
Can you patent an idea for a better mousetrap? (Choose all that apply)
