1. All WTO members follow the 20-year period of patent protection.
a. True
b. False
2. Developing a process to extract new matter for other uses from existing matter is patentable.
a. True
b. False
3. The only remedy available for patent infringement is damages.
a. True
b. False
4. To receive a permanent injunction a patent plaintiff must satisfy an established three-prong test.
a. True
b. False
5. Ideas can be copyrighted.
a. True
b. False
6. Software copyrights cover operation methods, such as menus.
a. True
b. False
7. Software copyrights cover the underlying programs of the software.
a. True
b. False
8. Transmission of an NFL game to Canada by satellite is a violation of United States copyright laws.
a. True
b. False
9. Distributors of software that facilitate peer-to–peer file sharing cannot be liable for infringement by file sharers.
a. True
b. False
10. ASCAP fee enforcement may cause changes to or elimination of some traditional summer activities for children.
a. True
b. False
11. Since it is an educational use, a college professor may reproduce any works for course packs for the students in the
professor’s classes.
a. True
b. False
12. Once a U.S. company has a registered trademark in the United States, it can register that trademark in the 60 other
countries who are signatory countries of the Madrid Protocol.
a. True
b. False
13. Most companies have its employees sign non-disclosure agreements to try to insure silence when the employee no
longer works there.
a. True
b. False
14. Forty-nine states have adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
a. True
b. False
15. The Industrial Espionage Act applies to all company information taken without permission.
a. True
b. False
16. Misappropriation is the conversion of a trade secret.
a. True
b. False
17. Patents are a 20-year legal monopoly.
a. True
b. False
18. Design patents extend for a 14-year period.
a. True
b. False
19. There can be infringement of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and trade dress.
a. True
b. False
20. Fair use is use of a copyrighted item with permission.
a. True
b. False
21. The Lanham Act provides protection for trademarks, trade names, and trade dress.
a. True
b. False
22. Trademark protection lasts for 17 years.
a. True
b. False
23. The Federal Trademark Dilution Act permits private suit for tarnishment of a trademark.
a. True
b. False
24. Trade secrets must be registered to enjoy protection.
a. True
b. False
25. Trademark registration in the United States is good only in the United States.
a. True
b. False
26. WIPO administers trademarks and copyrights internationally.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False
27. The United States has opposition proceedings as part of the patent process.
a. True
b. False
28. The United States does not have working requirements as part of its patent process.
a. True
b. False
29. The laws of the United States on patent protection do not comply with GATT.
a. True
b. False
30. The Community Trademark is the European Union’s one-stop registration system.
31. Gray market goods are properly trademarked goods that have entered the country without authorization from the
manufacturer.
a. True
b. False
32. Knock-off goods are the same as gray market goods.
a. True
b. False
33. Palming off is a tort in which one company sells its imitation product by leading buyers to believe it is a different
product or the “real thing.”
a. True
b. False
34. The Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act does not apply to films.
a. True
b. False
35. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act imposes liability for circumvention of encoded materials that prevent copying.
a. True
b. False
36. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act imposes liability for the creation of programs that circumvent encoded
copyrighted materials.
a. True
b. False
37. Corporations cannot hold copyrights.
a. True
b. False
38. Corporations’ copyrights last for 50 years from the time of their creation or release, whichever is later.
a. True
b. False
39. GATT requires patent protection for 50 years.
a. True
b. False
40. Copyrights run for the life of the creator plus 50 years.
a. True
b. False
41. One factor in determining fair use is commercial profit.
a. True
b. False
42. Trade dress is not entitled to protection unless there is some form of registration under federal law.
a. True
b. False
43. Opposition proceedings are part of the patent process outside the U.S.
a. True
b. False
44. Working requirements mandate use and development of the patented product or the rights are lost.
a. True
b. False
45. Slander of title is the same tort as palming off.
a. True
b. False
46. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act exempts digital technology from copyright protections.
a. True
b. False
47. The United States is a working requirement patent jurisdiction.
a. True
b. False
48. The failure to prevent generic use of tradenames and trademarks can result in a loss of protection.
a. True
b. False
49. is a tort that protects a business whose trade secrets are taken without authorization.
a. Palming off
b. Misappropriation
c. Embezzlement
d. Larceny
50. Under the Industrial Espionage Act, which of the following potential penalties is correct?
a. A corporate fine of up to $1,000,000
b. A fine of up to $1,000,000 for an individual
c. Imprisonment of up to 25 years for an individual
d. A fine of up to $500,000 for an individual
51. When the UTSA does not apply, recovery for taking a trade secret:
a. does not exist.
b. may exist for breach of loyalty.
c. may exist for breach of due care.
d. may exist for breach of accounting.
52. How many states have adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act?
a. 50
b. 17
c. 28
d. 45
53. Palming off:
a. is what occurs with gray market goods.
b. is a tort that has no remedy.
c. occurs when one seller recreates another seller’s product.
d. can occur only with copyrighted properties.
54. Knockoff goods are:
a. goods carrying a trademark without authorization.
b. goods manufactured in excess of the permission granted by the trademark holder.
c. permitted after the five-year period for trademark registration expires.
d. none of the above