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115.
There are three types of ____________ available in the U.S.: utility, design, and plant.
116.
In the U.S., the first _______________ has the right to the patent, whereas in the EU, it goes
to the first to register.
117.
According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Intellectual Property Center,
______________ has the best momentum on the protection of intellectual property rights.
118.
A shape, color, design, phrase, abbreviation, or sound used by merchants or
manufacturers to designate and differentiate their products is known as a ____________.
119.
___________ gives intellectual property protection to computer software in the U.S. and the
EU.
120.
A ___________ is any information not generally known to the public and that a business
wishes to hold confidential.
121.
_____________, the most common form of IP protection, do not require that the process or
innovation be shared with the government.
122.
Competition or antitrust laws are intended to prevent __________.
123.
One major difference between the U.S. and the EU in antitrust law is that U.S. law follows
the ____________ concept in its approach.
124.
In the U.S., trust-busting activities can be initiated by private parties, whereas in _________
they are initiated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
125.
In Japan the FTC does not require a __________ to raid a firm suspected of being in
violation of trust law.
126.
Legal systems are based on __________, common law, or civil law.
127.
The civil law system is based on __________ and thus is bureaucratic.
128.
The ____________ approach relies on previous decisions made by judges and statutes
made by legislatures.
129.
In the __________ system, the trial is adversarial, and the defendant is presumed innocent
until proven guilty.
130.
International businesspeople need to know that the country in which they are doing
business follows ______________ and not the rule of a political dictatorship or ruling elite.
131.
_____________ describes the set of rules that nations have agreed to follow.
132.
Immunity from prosecution of visiting foreign heads of state is an example of
______________.
Topic: Laws Affecting International Business
133.
Three areas of special concern to international business managers because they affect
activities in the international setting and not in the domestic setting are performance of
contracts in an international setting, litigation in an international setting, and ___________.
134.
The ______________ allows non-U.S. nationals to file lawsuits in U.S. courts for some
alleged violations of international law.
135.
The UN's contribution to resolution of issues related to international sales and the rights
and duties of sellers and buyers is the UN _______________.
136.
Many people outside of the U.S. would prefer to solve a dispute through _________ rather
than through the U.S. legal system.
137.
The process of finding facts of a case relevant to the litigation is the process of
___________.
138.
A creative work or invention that is protectable by patents, trademarks, trade names,
copyrights, and trade secrets is known as ______________.
139.
In the EU, _____________ protects property rights of an innovation that is absolutely novel
and not available to the public in any form.
140.
People who buy patents that were mistakenly granted, mostly to failed companies, and try
to cash in on them are known as ______________.
141.
A ______________ is a name used by a merchant or manufacturer to designate and
differentiate its products and is protected.
142.
Ideas are not protectable; they must be written to be protected by _____________.
143.
____________ are the most common form of IP protection that international businesses
pursue.
144.
The International Chamber of Commerce's _______________ are an example of successful
harmonization.
145.
Competition laws are intended to prevent inappropriately large concentrations of
economic power, such as _____________.
146.
The EU _________________ articles dealing with restrictive trade practices do not contain
this per se illegality concept of U.S. antitrust law.
147.
A cartel that allows consumers a fair share of the benefits is legally acceptable in the
_____.
148.
In Japan, antitrust legislation was introduced by the ________.
149.
In __________, the FTC operates separately from the court system, unlike in the EU and
the United States.
150.
A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel ruled that __________ labeling requirements
violated international trade rules.
