Deck 14: Intellectual Property and Internet Law

Question 1

The following is not an example of a trademark:

A)Xerox.
B)IBM.
C)Cola.
D)Intel.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibits unauthorized access to copyrighted digital works.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

To receive a patent,the invention must be novel,useful,and nonobvious.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act imposes up to how much prison time?

A)1 year.
B)2 years.
C)3 years.
D)5 years.

Question 5

The United States follows the first-to-file rule.

Question 6

The United States follows:

A)The first-to-file rule.
B)The first-to-invent rule.
C)The first-to-perfect rule.
D)The first to design rule.

Question 7

Maps can be copyrighted.

Question 8

Patents for inventions are valid for 10 years.

Question 9

State copyright law is concurrent with federal law.

Question 10

The Economic Espionage Act provides for fines per crime of:

A)$5,000.
B)$50,000.
C)$500,000.
D)$5,000,000.

Question 11

Only tangible things are subject to copyright.

Question 12

In copyright,the term writing includes:

A)Books.
B)Sermons.
C)Addresses.
D)All of the above.

Question 13

In Newton v.Beastie Boys the court found that the Beastie Boys' deminimis sampling to be fair-use.

Question 14

The American Inventors Protection Act permits an inventor to file a provisional application.

Question 15

The fair-use doctrine allows:

A)Use in parody or satire.
B)Brief quotation in news report.
C)Reproduction in work of legislative or judicial proceeding.
D)All of the above.

Question 16

Design patents are valid for how many years?

A)1
B)5
C)9
D)14

Question 17

What event eliminated the need to put the copyright symbol or the word "copyright" on the copyrighted work?

A)Passage of the 1998 Copyright Elimination Act.
B)The Sonny Bonno Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998.
C)The Berne Convention.
D)None of the above.

Question 18

Under the public use doctrine,how long does an item need to be used by the public in order to avoid a patent issuance?

A)One-year.
B)Two-years.
C)Three-years.
D)Four-years.

Question 19

The Sonny Bonno Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 extended individual copyright protection for their life plus 70 years.

Question 20

In a successful trade secret action,the plaintiff can:

A)Recover profits.
B)Recover for damages.
C)Obtain an injunction.
D)All of the above.