fin 240 kaplowitz worksheet 8.2: patents, trade secrets, and international protections

Which of the following is NOT a category of trade secret?

a marketing logo

_____ is not copyrightable.

an original idea

Under the _____, when a U.S. citizen writes a book, every signatory to that convention recognizes the U.S. author's copyright. The _____ Agreement establishes standards for international protection of patents, trademarks, and copyrights. The _____ Protocol allows a U.S. company to register its trademark abroad by submitting a single application and designating in which other countries the trademark shall be registered. And in 2011, a number of nations signed the _____ Trade Agreement to combat piracy and global counterfeiting.

berne convention, trips, madrid, anti-counterfeiting

In 1980, Congress passed the _____, which amended the Copyright Act to include computer programs.

computer software copyright act

There are several remedies available to a copyright owner for copyright infringement. Select three.

criminal penalties, injunction, damages

If someone uses a small amount of a copyrighted work for a nonprofit, educational purpose, it may be a legal use under the _____ doctrine.

fair use

A copyright is a tangible property right; this means that you can touch and feel it.

false

If a business process, and information relating to that process, cannot be patented, copyrighted, or trademarked, there is nothing a business can do to protect it.

false

The first sale doctrine states that once a copyrighted work is sold, it may only be resold with the permission of the original owner.

false

Protection of trade secrets extends to both _____ and their _____. Because of this, there is no _____ requirement. But secret information must be known by someone so companies usually attempt to protect the secrets through _____ agreements.

ideas, expression, registration, confidentiality

Which example in the following list is unrelated to the concept of intellectual property?

land

The following is the list from Section 102 of the Copyright Act of the types of original works that are protected under copyright law. _____ works, including newspapers and magazine articles; _____ works and accompanying words, including advertising jingles; _____ works, including plays or musicals; pantomimes and _____ works, including ballet and other forms of dance; pictorial, _____, and sculptural works; motion pictures and other _____ works; _____ recordings; and _____ works, such as drawings and designs.

literary, musical, dramatic, choreographic, graphic, audiovisual, sound, architectural

Under federal copyright laws, a single-authored book is:

protected for the author's life plus seventy years

Copyright owners generally are protected against unauthorized _____ of the work, development of _____ works, _____ of the work, and public _____ of the work.

reproduction, derivative, distribution, display

In determining whether a use is "fair use" of copyrighted material, the effect of that use upon the potential market for the work is often the most important factor.

true

Widely known facts and common sequences are not copyrightable.

true

Most state laws, with respect to protection of information of a commercial value, are based on the:

uniform trade secrets act

While an alphabetical listing of phone customers cannot be copyrighted, the Yellow Pages and advertising sections of a phone book may be copyrightable because the:

yellow pages' information is selected and arranged in an original way