Trademarks and Service Marks
A trademark identifies what?
a product.
If a business pays someone to create the
work, the copyright runs for how many years?
120 years from creation (95 from publication).
What are Utility patents for?
Utility patents: Granted for a new process , machine, manufacture, composition or improvement for 20 years.
What are Trade Secrets?
Any formula, device, or compilation of
information used in one’s business that
provides an advantage over competitors
who do not have that information
What are Copyright Protection of Computer Programs?
Written programs have the same protection as any other copyrighted material.
A service mark identifies what?
A service.
Copyrights run for the life of the creator
plus how may year?
70 years
What are Design patents for?
Design patents: Protects new, non-obvious ornamental features in connection with manufacture for 14 years.
What is Loss of Protection?
When secret business information is made public, it loses the protection it had while secret.
What are Patent Protection of Programs
Patents have been granted for computer
programs.
Under the Madrid Protocol, owners of
marks registered with the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office can register and protect
their mark in how many countrie?
60 countries.
To claim infringement must have how may copies of the work registered with the U.S.
Patent Office?
TWO COPIES
What are Plant patents for ?
Plant patents: Protects inventors of
asexually reproduced new plant varieties
for 20 years.
What is Defensive Measures?
Limited disclosure, non-disclosure
agreements, exit interviews and industrial security plans
What are Trade Secrets?
Trade secret are law extends to computer
programs.
What are the Internet Domain Names and Trademark Rights?
– Cybersquatters: Set up identical or
confusingly similar domain to existing
trademarks.
– Dispute avoidance: Can be achieved by
having an extensive trademark search
done to make sure your choice is not
trademarked.
What Is Copyrightable?
Literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic
What is Patentable Business Methods?
A pure business-method patent consists of a series of steps related to performing a business process.
Criminal Sanctions Fines up to how much?
$500,000
Yes or No
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The Federal Trademark Dilution Act provides what?
The Federal Trademark Dilution Act
provides a cause of action against the
commercial use of another’s mark when it results in dilution of its distinctiveness.
Yes or No.
If a freelancer creates software for a fixed
fee without a contract setting forth the
ownership, the freelancer owns the work.
Yes
What are Patentability Four categories?
processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter
Corporations fined up to how much?
$10 million
Yes or No
Did you learn anything from this game?
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