Chapter 9 Internet law, Social Media, and Privacy
license
In the context of intellectual property, a contract permitting the use of a trademark, copyright, patent, or trade secret of certain purpose. In the context of real property, a revocable right or privilege of a person to come n another persons land.
trade name
A term that is used to indicate part of all of a business's name and that is directly related to the business's reputation and goodwill.
no federal court has held that digitally sampling a copyrighted sound recording of any length constitutes copyright infringement
False
An internet service prover (isp) is not liable for copyright infringement by its customer unless the ISP is aware of the subscribers violation
True
Federal wiretapping law covers electronic forms of communication
True
In some states, an unsolicited e-mail must include a toll-free phone number that the recipient can use to ask the sender to send no more unsolicited e-mail.
True
It its frequently the companies rather than courts or legislatures that are defining the privacy rights of their online users
True
Law enforcement uses social media to detect and prosecute criminals
True
Online defamation is wrongfully hurting a persons reputation by communication false statements about the person to others online
True
Social media posts are routinely included in discovery in litigation
True
The law does not restrict the "fair use" of methods for the circumvention of encryption software or other technological anti piracy protection for educational and other noncommercial purposes
True
When you download an application on your smartphone, you are typically entering into a license agreement
True
trademark
distinctive mark, motto, device, or implement that a manufacture stamps, prints, or otherwise affixes to the goods it produces so that they may be identified on the market and their origins made known.
trade secret
information or a process that gives a business an advantage over competitors who do not know the information or process
Copyright
is an intangible property right granted by federal statue to the author or originator of a literary or artistic production specified type
Certification mark
is used by one or more persons, other than the owner, to certify the regions, materials, mode of manufacture, quality, or other characteristics of specific goods or services.
Intellectual property
property resulting from intellectual,creative processes. Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are examples of intellectual property
Using anothers trademark in a meta tag is not permissible, even if the use is reasonably necessary
False
patent
A government grant that gives an inventor the exclusive right or privilege to make, use, or sell his or her invention for a limited time period
service mark
A mark used in the sale or the advertising of service, such as to distinguish the service of one person from the service of others.
Trademark dilution occurs when a person registers a domain name that is the same as, or confusingly similar to, the trademark of another and then offers to sell the domain name back to the original owner
False
Cybersquatting is illegal only if a domain name is identical to the trademark of another, not if the name is merely confusing similar
False
Cybersquatting occurs when key words are inserted into the hypertext markup language code to tell internet browsers specific information about a web page
False
Employees who use social media in a way the violates their employers stated polices cannot be disciplined or fired form their jobs
False
Employers can monitor employees electronic communications made in the ordinary course of business, including employees personal communication
False
Federal law allows the intentional accessing of stored electronic communication even if the accessing is unauthorized
False
Federal law allows the intentional interception of any wire, oral, or electronic communication
False
Federal law permits the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mail and does not prohibit spamming activities
False
Much of the material on the internet, including software and database information, is not copyrighted
False
trade dress
The image and overall appearance of a product, the distinctive decor, menu, layout, and style of service of a particular restaurant.
Dilution
With respect to trademarks, a doctrine under which distinctive or famous trademark are protected are protected from certain unauthorized uses of the mark regardless of a showing competition or a likelihood of confusion
Collective Marks
appear at the end of motion picture credits to indicate the various associations and organizations.
