LAW 231 - homework questions

The holder of a utility patent may protect their rights for:

20 years from the date they apply for the patent.

Which of the following qualifies for protection under the first sale doctrine?

Lucia purchases a book and later resells it to her friend.

You've spent the last eighteen months writing a how-to book for entrepreneurs who want to establish their own business. As you put the final editing touches on the book, you start thinking about how you can protect your book, and how you can make sure you receive the profit from it. What do you think you should do to make sure only you can profit from your work?

Nothing; copyright protection happens automatically once the work is in tangible form.

Patentability requires the invention be:

novel, non-obvious, and useful

The Lanham Act:

protects the rights of trademark holders.

Which of the following types of trademarks are in the correct order, from highest protection to lowest protection?

fanciful, arbitrary, suggestive, descriptive, generic

The first sale doctrine:

allows a person who owns a lawfully made copy of a copyrighted work to sell the copy.