Trademarks & Service Marks
A trademark identifies a product; this identifies a service
What is a service mark?
For individuals, copyright lasts this long.
What is life + 70 years?
The 3 types of patents.
What are utility, design, and plant?
Definition of a trade secret.
What is information that gives a business an advantage?
Written code is protected like books under this.
What is copyright?
This act gives federal trademark protection.
What is the Lanham Act?
For companies, copyright lasts this long.
What is 120 years from creation or 95 years from publication?
To be patentable, an invention must be this.
What is new and non-obvious?
What happens when a secret goes public?
What is loss of protection?
Computer programs can also be protected by this.
What is a patent?
Marks are judged on this scale.
What is distinctiveness?
Name one exclusive right of copyright holders.
What is reproduce/distribute/perform/display/make derivatives?
This 2011 law changed patent filling rules.
What is the American Invents Act?
Name one way to protect trade secrets.
What is an NDA/limited disclosure/security plan?
Keeping source code private makes it a.
What is a trade secret?
This protects a protect's overall look & packaging.
What is trade dress?
This allows limited use of copyrighted work.
What is fair use?
A patent for steps in a business process.
What is a business method patent?
Max fine for corporations stealing trade secrets.
What is $10 million or 2x the value?
Copyright covers expression; patents cover this.
What is functionality?
This act stops others from weakening famous brands.
What is the Federal Trademark Dilution Act?
This 1998 law combats digital piracy.
What is the DMCA?
Small changes don't avoid liability because of this doctrine.
What is the doctrine of equivalents?
Max prison time for stealing trade secrets.
Companies often use all 3 protections because.
What is stronger overall protection?