Unit 5. Protection Strategy (ITM)

The same product can only use one protection mechanism, so if part of the product is protected by a patent, another part of this product cannot use trade secret protection.

• False

• True

Copyleft is a form of copyright protection that favors the free circulation and modification of cultural and technological works, allowing anyone to use them without having to acknowledge the original author or follow the same license terms as the original work.

• False

• True

The following image, which shows the "easy open" feature, is a clear example of a 3D trademark.

• False

• True

To obtain a patent, an invention must meet at least three requirements:

1) It must be useful and applicable.

2) It must not be obvious to persons skilled in the relevant technical field.

3) It must have been publicly disclosed before its application.

• False

• True

Trade secrets are usually better suited than patents for protecting short-term innovations.

• False

• True

Patents are more expensive to obtain and maintain than trade secrets.

• False

• True

Patent-based learning (TRIZ, theory of inventive problem solving) refers to the identification of technologies by analysing the commonalities present in patents that can be used to improve the company’s products or services.

• False

• True

As long as the company pays the corresponding annual fees, patents can be maintained for an indefinite period of time.

• False

• True

While patents need not have practical utilities, utility models require an object to be given a configuration or structure from with some utility or practical advantage.

• False

• True

Unlike other strategies in the use of patents, proprietary strategy does not aim to sell patent licenses, as this would mean losing the exclusivity of the temporary monopoly and weaking its competitive advantage through knowledge spillovers to other companies.

• False

• True