Copyright
The exclusive right to distribute, display,
perform, or reproduce an original work in copies, or to
prepare derivative works based on the work.
What is Copyright?
A grant of a property right issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to an inventor.
What is a Patent?
Established uniformity across the states in area of trade secret law
What is Uniform Trade Secrets Act?
A logo, package design, phrase, sound, or word that enables a consumer to differentiate one company’s products from another’s
What is a Trademark?
Allows portions of copyrighted
materials to be used without permission.
What is the Fair Use Doctrine?
These cannot be patented.
What are
Abstract ideas
Laws of nature
Natural phenomenon
Imposes penalties for the theft of trade secrets.
What is Economic Espionage Act?
The act of stealing someone’s ideas or words and passing them off as one’s own
What is Plagiarism?
Court decisions regarding fair use are based on which four factors?
What is
Purpose and character of the use
Nature of the copyrighted work
The portion of the work used in relation to the whole
Effect of the use on the value of the copyrighted work
Unauthorized use of another’s patent.
What is Patent Infringement?
Part of an employment contract that specifically prohibits an employee from revealing
company secrets.
What is a Nondisclosure Clause?
Category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect.
What is Intellectual Property
A violation of the rights secured by the owner of a copyright.
What is Copyright Infringement?
Criteria to be met by invention in order to receive a patent.
What are:
Usefulness
Novelty
Non-obviousness
Allows for the seizure of property under certain conditions to prevent dissemination of the misappropriated trade secret
An individual or company that registers domain names for famous trademarks or company names to which they have no connection.
What is a Cybersquatter?
General rule for how long a copyright lasts?
What is the lifetime of the owner?
An agreement in which many large companies agree not to sue one another for patent infringements.
What is Cross-Licensing agreements
This agreement prohibits an employee from working for any competitor for a certain amount of time.
What is Noncompete agreement?
This act enacted in 1999 allows trademark owners to challenge foreign cybersquatters who might be beyond U.S. jurisdiction.
What is The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)?