Week 9 Intellectual property

Which of the following is not an example of intellectual property?

• A work of art

• An improvisational speech

• A trade secret of an organization

• A computer program

Patent law protects inventions, and _______ law protects authored works.

• Copyright

• Trademark

• Registered design

• Plant breeder's rights

Software can be protected under patent law, but it can also be copyright protected.

• True

• False

The courts may award up to triple damages for which of the following?

• Theft of trade secrets

• Copyright infringement

• Trademark infringement

• Patent infringement

Two software manufacturers develop separate but nearly identical programs for playing an online game. Even though the second manufacturer can establish that it developed the program on its own, without knowledge of the existing program, that manufacturer could be found guilty of patent infringement.

• True

• False

Title II of the _______ amends the Copyright Act by adding a new section that enables a website operator that allows users to post content on its website to avoid copyright infringement if certain “ safe harbor ” provisions are followed.

• Communications Decency Act (CDA)

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

• Child Online Protection Act (COPA)

• Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

A(n) _______ is a logo, package design, phrase, sound, or word that enables a consumer to differentiate one company ’ s products from another ’ s.

• Patent

• Copyright

• Trademark

• Plant breeder's rights

Many large software companies have _______ agreements with each other in which each agrees not to sue the other over patent infringement.

• Plant breeder's rignts

• Copyright

• Trademark

• Cross-licensing

The _______ doctrine established four factors for courts to consider when deciding whether a particular use of copyrighted property is fair and can be allowed without penalty.

• Fair use

• Copyright

• Trademark

• Plant breeder's rights

A _______ is a form of protection for intellectual property that does not require any disclosures or the filing of an application.

• Copyright

• Patent

• Trade secret

• Trademark