Chapter 06: Intellectual Property Flashcards
Which act was drafted in the 1970s to bring uniformity to all the United States in the area of trade secret law?
The Economic Espionage Act (EEA)
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA)
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act
Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA)
Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA)
Which of the following was a legislator and former singer and entertainer who co-sponsored the Copyright Term Extension Act?
Frank Sinatra
Sonny Bono
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sonny Bono
Which of the following allows portions of copyrighted materials to be used without permission under certain circumstances?
Plagiarism
Copyright infringement
Fair use doctrine
Use of prior art
Fair use doctrine
Which of the following requires member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can be enforced under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough enough to deter further violations?
TRIPS agreement
DMCA
PRO-IP Act
WIPO Copyright Agreement
TRIPS agreement
Which act allows trademark owners to challenge foreign cybersquatters who might otherwise be beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts?
ACPA
PRO-IP Act
Economic Espionage Act
CAN-SPAM Act
ACPA
Patent law protects which of the following?
art and film
information critical to an organization’s success
books
inventions
inventions
Copyright and patent protection was established through which of the following?
the Bill of Rights
the U.S. Federal Codes and Statutes
the U.S. Constitution
various state laws
the U.S. Constitution
Which of the following imposes penalties of up to $10 million and 15 years in prison for the theft of trade secrets?
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
The Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996
The Lanham Act
The Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996
How many classes of items did the U.S. Supreme Court rule could not be patented?
two
three
four
five
three
Which of the following can read the machine language of a software program and produce the source code?
compiler
open source decoder
re-engineering device
decompiler
decompiler
A patent is a grant of a property right issued by which entity?
USPS
USPTO
FTC
SEC
USPTO
The process of taking something apart in order to understand it, build a copy of it, or improve it is known as which of the following?
Plagiarism
Patent infringement
Reverse engineering
Decompiling
Reverse engineering
One of the tests that an invention must pass to be eligible for a patent is which of the following?
it must be a machine
it must not be economical to produce
it must be capable of providing economic benefit
it must be obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the same field
it must be obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the same field
Which of the following established the minimum levels of protection that each country must provide to all WTO members?
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Which of the following increased trademark and copyright enforcement and substantially increased penalties for infringement?
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act
In what year was The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) signed into law?
1992
1998
1990
1996
1998
Which of the following terms is defined as the existing body of knowledge available to a person of ordinary skill in the art?
Prior experience
Known facts
Body of practice
Prior art
Prior art
What is the name of the agreement that prohibits a departing employee from working for any competitors for a period of time?
noncompete agreement
license agreement
nondisclosure agreement
union agreement
noncompete agreement
Unlike traditional copyright law, which of the following acts does not govern copying; instead, it focuses on the distribution of tools and software that can be used for copyright infringement as well as for legitimate non-infringing use?
TRIPS Agreement
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
WIPO Copyright Treaty
Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Which of the following enables a DVD player or a computer drive to decrypt, unscramble, and play back motion pictures on DVDs, but not copy them?
Time Warner Cable system
RIAA
DeCSS
Content Scramble System (CSS)
Content Scramble System (CSS)
