Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, and Patents

Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, and Patents

by Ms. Jennings

​Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, and Patents

​Trademarks

​A type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others

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• ​never expires

Multiple Choice

What is any word, name, or symbol used to identify a company?

• copyright

• trademark

• patent

Multiple Choice

How long does a trademark last?

• does not expire

• 15 years

• 20 years

• owner's life + 70 years

• 70 years

Multiple Choice

What does a trademark cover?

• a logo

• unique plants

• unique design

• new products

​Copyrights

​The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.

• ​owner's life + 70 years

Multiple Choice

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Which of these protects music, books, poems, architecture, films, and artwork?

• copyright

• patents

• trademark

Multiple Choice

How long does a copyright last?

• forever

• 15 years

• 20 years

• owner's life + 70 years

• 70 years

​Patents

The sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention

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• ​generaly lasts 20 years

Multiple Choice

Gives the owner the legal right to make or sell an invention?

• copyright

• trademark

• patent

Multiple Choice

How long does a UTILITY or PLANT patent last?

• does not expire

• 15 years

• 20 years

• owner's life + 70 years

• 70 years

Multiple Choice

What does a Utility patent cover?

• a logo

• plants

• music

• new products