BLAW Chapter 8 T/F

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A certification mark distinguishes products approved, or "certified," by the government.

False

A copyright owner must place a © or an ® on the work to have the work protected from copyright infringement.

False

A customer list is not a trade secret.

False

A generic term is not protected under trademark law unless it acquires a secondary meaning.

False

A patent and a copyright are examples of intellectual property, but a trademark is not an example of intellectual property.

False

A person who buys a copyrighted work cannot sell it to someone else.

False

A fanciful use of ordinary words may be trademarked

True

A license permits the use of another's intellectual property for certain limited purposes.

True

A trademark does not need to be registered to support a trademark infringement action.

True

By using another's trademark, a business could lead consumers to believe that its goods were made by the other business.

True

Copyright protection is automatic—registration is not required.

True

Each member country of the TRIPS agreement must include in its domestic laws intellectual property rights.

True

In the European Union, the period of royalty protection for musicians is seventy years.

True

Information that is not or cannot be protected under trademark, patent, or copyright law may be protected under the law of trade secrets

True

Patent infringement is a tort.

True

The 1995 Federal Trademark Dilution Act allowed trademark owners to bring suit in federal court for trademark dilution.

True

Trade names have the same legal protection as trademarks.

True


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