Mod 34 Wrong Answers Flashcards
Copyrights generally do not need a…
Don’t need copyright notice for works published after March 1st
1989
Copyrights taken out by corporations or businesses are valid for…
100 years from creation or 75 years from publication (whichever is shorter)
Computer databases are generally copyrightable as…
Compilations
Trademarks are valid indefinitely until…2
1 they are actually abandoned or
2 the company allows the trademark to lose its distinctiveness
A company can receive trademark protection even if…
It isn’t registered by proving facts
When a company Registers a trademark it…
Better protects its legal rights
If an individual grants life estates to others and those others die, the property will…
Revert back to the person who granted title to the property
Life estates will…
Automatically terminate upon an individual’s death
If a buyer takes a mortgage “subject to,” then…2
1 the buyer accepts no liability got the mortgage and
2 the seller is still liable
If a buyer takes a mortgage “subject to,” the mortgagor does…
Not have to attempt to collect from the buyer first, he can go
directly against the seller
To have an enforceable mortgage it…3
1 must be in writing and
2 include a description of property and
3 debt to be incurred
Computer software is covered under the general copyright laws and is therefore…
Usually copyrightable as an expression of ideas
