Deck 1: Introduction to Intellectual Property Law

Question 1

List the four fields that comprise intellectual property.

Answer 1

The four fields are trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets.

Question 2

To be protected under copyright law, a literary work must have serious and artistic merit.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Trademarks may consist of words, slogans, logos, and even sounds.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Only one form of intellectual property is available for any one item.

Question 5

All forms of intellectual property have a fixed period of duration.

Question 6

Identify which field of intellectual property law would protect the following:

Question 7

Why is the period of copyright protection so long?

Question 8

___ ___ is an international organization that promotes intellectual property throughout the world and administers numerous treaties relating to intellectual property law.

Question 9

Identify the three types of patents.

Question 10

It is fairly easy to obtain a copyright registration.

Question 11

Trade secrets are protected by various state laws rather than federal law.

Question 12

An application for a utility patent was filed on September 1, 2015, and was granted on June 1, 2016. When will the patent expire?

Question 13

Differentiate between a trademark and a service mark.

Question 14

How do patents promote the public good as well as their inventors' interests?

Question 15

For any form of intellectual property to be protectable, it must be registered with the appropriate government agency.

Question 16

For some companies, the value of their intellectual property assets far outweigh their tangible assets.