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Question 31

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The process behind the production of "AccountForIt," a suite of business accounting and inventory software,is protected by​ 

A)  ​copyright law. 
B)  patent law.​ 
C)  ​trademark law. 
D)  ​trade secrets law.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Like most successful companies,Pads & Phones,Inc.(P&P) ,has trade secrets.The law protects those secrets if​ 

A)  ​P&P employees do not divulge the information to outside parties. 
B)  ​P&P employees do not handle confidential documents. 
C)  ​P&P employees never leave the company's employ. 
D)  ​the information is unique and has value to a competitor.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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A patent and a copyright are examples of intellectual property,but a trademark is not an example of intellectual property. 

Protection of trade secrets extends both to ideas and to their expression. 

The theft of trade secrets is a federal crime. 

A personal name is protected under trademark law if it acquires a secondary meaning. 

Constellation Research Inc.uses a mark associated with its name to distinguish its services from those of other tech firms.This mark is​ 

A trademark need not be registered to support a trademark infringement action. 

Wendy works as a weather announcer for a TV station under the character name Weather Wendy.Wendy can register her name as a​ 

All aspects of software are protected by copyright law. 

The first person to invent a product obtains the patent rights rather than the first person to file an application for a patent. 

College Copy Shop (CCS)compiles,copies,and sells reading materials to students on the instructions of their professors,who indicate which parts of which publications should be included.These include texts published by Deep Topics,Inc.CCS does not obtain the permission of Deep Topics,or any of the other original publishers of the copied materials,and does not pay royalties on the sales of the compilations.Deep Topics and others file a suit against CCS,alleging infringement of the plaintiffs' intellectual property rights.Which type of intellectual property is involved in this situation? What is CCS's likely defense? How is a court most likely to rule? Explain.

Patent infringement occurs only if all features or parts of a product are copied. 

GreatGro,Inc.,makes genetically modified seeds with properties that are identical to Hearty Harvest Corporation's patented seeds,without Hearty Harvest's permission.This is most likely​ 

Anyone who writes a book has automatic international copyright protection-even in nations that are not parties to international agreements relating to intellectual property rights. 

Mary Kate Corporation allows Ashley Company to use Mary Kate's trademark as part of Ashley's domain name.This is​ 

Copyright protection is automatic-registration is not required. 

Counterfeit goods copy or otherwise imitate trademarked goods,and they are in fact sometimes genuine trademarked goods. 

A person who buys a copyrighted work cannot sell it to someone else. 

iMeeMine Inc.develops a new mobile phone that the company names "Call Mee." iMeeMine can obtain trademark protection for