The Lanham Act grants protection for:
trademarks
Trademarks or service marks may be registered if they utilize terms that are:
all of the above.
It is important to protect trade dress against adoption by a competitor because such adoption can:
all of the above.
In order to obtain a court order enjoining a competitor from using your trademark, it is necessary to show that:
the competitor's use of the mark is in danger of confusing the public.
A copyright bestows upon the creator of an artistic or literary work a federal statutory right to exclusively:
all of the above.
Which of the following is not the exclusive right of the holder of a copyright?
to obtain a court order enjoining use of the original work by another
In addition to U.S. copyright law, the rights of copyright holders are also protected under:
all of the above.
In determining whether limited use of copyrighted material may be permitted as "fair use," courts will consider:
the specificity of the copyright notice contained in the work, if any.
Three types of patents available under U.S. law are:
design, plant, utility.
The type of patent that may be granted to developers or improvers of process or machine inventions is a(n):
process patent.
The type of patent that may be granted to developers of plant reproduction methods is a:
plant patent.
The type of patent that may be granted to developers of new and nonobvious ornamental features of manufactured articles is a(n):
design patent.
A business formula, information compilation, or device that provides an advantage over competitors that do not have it is known as a:
trade secret.
Where privacy or nondisclosure of proprietary information is desired, it would be best to seek protection under:
state trade secret laws.
In order to protect themselves from disclosure of proprietary or confidential information, businesses may:
all of the above.
Under the Computer Software Copyright Act of 1980, a written program:
is protected as any other copyrighted material even if it is in written form.
To analyze a copyright infringement claim in the context of computer programs, courts will primarily examine:
the number of significant program steps that are substantially similar.
Computer programs are subject to protection in the U.S. under:
all of the above.
Owners of mask works are entitled to the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute their products under U.S. law for a period of:
10 years.
Failure to file an application for a certificate of registration for a mask work within two years of the work's first commercial use will result in:
the loss of all rights available under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act.
The plaintiff in a quasi-contractual action can recover:
the reasonable value of the benefit conferred upon the defendant.
A contract that has been set aside is said to have been:
avoided.
An obligation to pay the reasonable value of services rendered when there is no contract would be called:
quasi-contractual
The main thrust of the quasi contract is to:
prevent unjust enrichment.
In a bilateral contract, each party will be a promisor and, therefore, each party will be:
an obligor.
An offer of a reward for the arrest and conviction of a criminal is an example of:
a unilateral contract.
A bilateral contract consists of a:
promise for a promise
A contract under which one or both parties have not yet fully performed is termed a(n):
executory contract
An executory contract is:
entered into but not fully performed
A legally binding agreement that can be rejected at the option of one of the parties is called a(n):
voidable contract.
An implied contract is shown by:
acts of the parties
Negotiable instruments are:
formal contracts.
Statements in an employee handbook:
may be interpreted as being part of the employment contract.
When an envelope contains both a written contract and another paper, such other paper:
has whatever effect the written contract says it has.
The elements of a contract include all of the following except:
an illegal purpose.
The subject matter of a contract may relate to:
all of the above.
The promisor in a contract agreement also may be called the:
obligor
A party to a contract may be:
all of the above.
To have a contract you must have:
both an offer and an acceptance.
A contract is:
all of the above.