JURI 645 Quiz IP
Which type of IP protects inventions and processes”
Answer: Patents
The duration of a utility patent from filing date under current U.S. law”
Answer: 20 years
Which IP right automatically arises from original authorship fixed in a tangible medium”
Answer: Copyright
The term for using a copyrighted work without permission under limited circumstances
like criticism or teaching”
Answer: Fair use
Which trademark opposition and cancellation body operates within the USPTO”
Answer: TTAB (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board)
The legal doctrine that prevents an inventor from patenting an invention that was sold
more than one year before filing”
Answer: On-sale bar
Which type of patent protects ornamental designs of functional items”
Answer: Design patent
The standard of originality for copyright in U.S. law”
Answer: Minimal creativity (modicum of creativity)
The right to control who makes copies of a copyrighted work”
Answer: Reproduction right
,Which international agreement harmonizes trademark classification into 45 classes”
Answer: Nice Agreement
The requirement for a trademark to be eligible for federal registration beyond
distinctiveness”
Answer: Use in commerce
The copyright doctrine that limits a copyright owner’s control over a lawful copy of a
work after sale”
Answer: First sale doctrine
Which type of IP protects plant varieties”
Answer: Plant Patent or Plant Variety Protection Certificate
The legal term for taking trade secrets by improper means such as bribery or theft”
Answer: Misappropriation
How long trademark protection lasts if continuously used and renewed”
Answer: Indefinitely (potentially perpetual)
The famous patent case holding that laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract
ideas are not patentable”
Answer: Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank
Which copyright case established that a phone book’s alphabetical listing lacks creativity
for copyright”
Answer: Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service
The type of patent that has a 15-year term from issuance for designs filed before May
13, 2015”
Answer: Design patent (old term)
, The defense to trade secret misappropriation showing the secret was discovered
independently”
Answer: Independent development
Which 1998 act criminalized circumvention of digital locks (DRM)”
Answer: DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)
The trademark classification for shapes, colors, sounds, or scents that indicate source”
Answer: Nontraditional trademark
The legal rule that a trademark owner may lose rights if the mark becomes generic”
Answer: Genericide
The international patent application system administered by WIPO”
Answer: PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty)
Which court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over patent cases in the U.S.”
Answer: Federal Circuit
The section of U.S. Code where federal copyright law is codified”
Answer: Title 17
The fair use factor analyzing how much of a work was copied”
Answer: Amount and substantiality of the portion used
The type of trademark that cannot be registered because it merely describes a feature”
Answer: Merely descriptive mark
The legal term for renewing copyright after the original term under the 1909 Act”
Answer: Renewal term
Which patent gives exclusive rights to asexually reproduced plants”
Answer: Plant patent under 35 U.S.C. § 161
Which type of IP protects inventions and processes”
Answer: Patents
The duration of a utility patent from filing date under current U.S. law”
Answer: 20 years
Which IP right automatically arises from original authorship fixed in a tangible medium”
Answer: Copyright
The term for using a copyrighted work without permission under limited circumstances
like criticism or teaching”
Answer: Fair use
Which trademark opposition and cancellation body operates within the USPTO”
Answer: TTAB (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board)
The legal doctrine that prevents an inventor from patenting an invention that was sold
more than one year before filing”
Answer: On-sale bar
Which type of patent protects ornamental designs of functional items”
Answer: Design patent
The standard of originality for copyright in U.S. law”
Answer: Minimal creativity (modicum of creativity)
The right to control who makes copies of a copyrighted work”
Answer: Reproduction right
,Which international agreement harmonizes trademark classification into 45 classes”
Answer: Nice Agreement
The requirement for a trademark to be eligible for federal registration beyond
distinctiveness”
Answer: Use in commerce
The copyright doctrine that limits a copyright owner’s control over a lawful copy of a
work after sale”
Answer: First sale doctrine
Which type of IP protects plant varieties”
Answer: Plant Patent or Plant Variety Protection Certificate
The legal term for taking trade secrets by improper means such as bribery or theft”
Answer: Misappropriation
How long trademark protection lasts if continuously used and renewed”
Answer: Indefinitely (potentially perpetual)
The famous patent case holding that laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract
ideas are not patentable”
Answer: Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank
Which copyright case established that a phone book’s alphabetical listing lacks creativity
for copyright”
Answer: Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service
The type of patent that has a 15-year term from issuance for designs filed before May
13, 2015”
Answer: Design patent (old term)
, The defense to trade secret misappropriation showing the secret was discovered
independently”
Answer: Independent development
Which 1998 act criminalized circumvention of digital locks (DRM)”
Answer: DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)
The trademark classification for shapes, colors, sounds, or scents that indicate source”
Answer: Nontraditional trademark
The legal rule that a trademark owner may lose rights if the mark becomes generic”
Answer: Genericide
The international patent application system administered by WIPO”
Answer: PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty)
Which court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over patent cases in the U.S.”
Answer: Federal Circuit
The section of U.S. Code where federal copyright law is codified”
Answer: Title 17
The fair use factor analyzing how much of a work was copied”
Answer: Amount and substantiality of the portion used
The type of trademark that cannot be registered because it merely describes a feature”
Answer: Merely descriptive mark
The legal term for renewing copyright after the original term under the 1909 Act”
Answer: Renewal term
Which patent gives exclusive rights to asexually reproduced plants”
Answer: Plant patent under 35 U.S.C. § 161
