LEGL 2700 UGA TEST 3 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Intellectual property - ANS a type of property in information and its application or expression
(patents and copyrights)
4 components of intellectual property - ANS justification, competition, importance, capturing
How to establish the existence of a trade secret - ANS 1. conduct a trade secret audit to
identify confidential know-ledge based resources
2. preserve secrecy
Al Minor & Associates, inc. V. Martin - ANS - a client list can serve as a trade secret because it
provides value to the owner
- the court found that *even information that was memorized and not written down can be
subject to trade secret protection*
- all information used within a company is not necessarily a trade secret
misappropraition - ANS when one improperly acquires secret information through burglary,
espionage, or computer hacking (independent creation & reverse engineering are exempt)
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, patent - ANS the right to exclude others from making, ,using selling, or importing a covered
invention
utility patent - ANS new, non-obvious, useful processes, machines, improvements
-20 years from filing date
design patent - ANS new, original & ornamental design for an article of manufacture
-14 years from issue date
plant patent - ANS new variety of plant that can be reproduced asexually
-20 years from filing date
steps to obtaining a patent - ANS 1. file application
2. filing fee
3. explain invention
4. show difference from prior art
5. describe patentable aspects
6. evaluation by patent examiner
Association for Molecular Pathology V. Myriad Genetics, Inc. - ANS - the court determined
that naturally occurring sequences of DNA isolated from the human body are not patent eligible
-non naturally occurring or manufactured DNA sequences can be patented
- the court's decision retroactively affects existing patent claims covering natural DNA - now
they are invalid
novelty - ANS new and different from prior art
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Intellectual property - ANS a type of property in information and its application or expression
(patents and copyrights)
4 components of intellectual property - ANS justification, competition, importance, capturing
How to establish the existence of a trade secret - ANS 1. conduct a trade secret audit to
identify confidential know-ledge based resources
2. preserve secrecy
Al Minor & Associates, inc. V. Martin - ANS - a client list can serve as a trade secret because it
provides value to the owner
- the court found that *even information that was memorized and not written down can be
subject to trade secret protection*
- all information used within a company is not necessarily a trade secret
misappropraition - ANS when one improperly acquires secret information through burglary,
espionage, or computer hacking (independent creation & reverse engineering are exempt)
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, patent - ANS the right to exclude others from making, ,using selling, or importing a covered
invention
utility patent - ANS new, non-obvious, useful processes, machines, improvements
-20 years from filing date
design patent - ANS new, original & ornamental design for an article of manufacture
-14 years from issue date
plant patent - ANS new variety of plant that can be reproduced asexually
-20 years from filing date
steps to obtaining a patent - ANS 1. file application
2. filing fee
3. explain invention
4. show difference from prior art
5. describe patentable aspects
6. evaluation by patent examiner
Association for Molecular Pathology V. Myriad Genetics, Inc. - ANS - the court determined
that naturally occurring sequences of DNA isolated from the human body are not patent eligible
-non naturally occurring or manufactured DNA sequences can be patented
- the court's decision retroactively affects existing patent claims covering natural DNA - now
they are invalid
novelty - ANS new and different from prior art
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
