Comp Ethics Ch6 Self Assessment Qs

a __ is a logo, package design, phrase, sound, or word that enables a consumer to differentiate one company's product from another's

trade mark

__ established minimum levels of protection that each government must provide to the intellectual property of all WTO members

trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) agreement

a customer list can be considered a trade secret if an organization treats the information as valuable and takes measures to safeguard it. true or false?

true

almost all the data needed for competitive intelligence can be collected either from carefully examining published information or through interviews. true or false?

true

the main tactic used to circumvent cybersquatting is to register numerous domain name variations as soon as an organization thinks it might want to develop a Web presence. true or false?

true

the term of a copyright, originally 28 years, has been extended many times and now can be as long as the life of the author plus 70 years. true or false?

true

a __ is a form of protection for intellectual property that does not require any disclosures or filing of an application a) copyright b) patent c) trade secret d) trademark

c

not only does a __ prevent copying, but it also prevents independent creation, unlike a copyright

patent

many large software companies have cross-licensing agreements in which each agrees not to sue the other over __

patent infringements

the process of taking something apart in order to understand it, build a copy of it, or improve it is called __

reverse engineering

which of the following statements is true about open source code? a) there is only one definition of open source code b) open source code advocates believe that the quality of open source code is on par with that of commercial software c) a very limited amount of open source code is in use today d) putting source code into the public domain with no copyright is equivalent to creating open source code

b

which of the following is an example of intellectual property? a) a business process for the efficient handling of medical insurance claims b) a computer program c) the design for a computer wafer d) all of the above

d

the __ was signed into law in 1998 and was written in compliance with the global copyright protection treaty from WIPO; the law makes it illegal to circumvent a technical protection of copyrighted materials or to develop and provide tools that allow others to access a technologically protected work

digital millennium copyright act

the __ established four factors for courts to consider when deciding whether a particular use of copyrighted property is fair and can be allowed without penalty

fair use doctrine

plagiarism is an issue only in academia. true or false?

false