Test I

A word or symbol used in connection with the sale of good.

Governmental grant given to an inventor for a fixed period of time for the exclusive right to exploit an invention created by this originator.

A word or mark used in advertisement or promotion of services.

Law in general as it relates to business and communication in cyberspace.

Formula, Patterns, devices, or compilations, of information that you use in your business and that give you an advantage over your competition who do not know your secrets. It can be entered by contact, employment, and by court determination. There is requirement of secrecy.

Intellectual property that does not belong to anyone.

A limited right to use and possess some property.

Property created by the intellect.

The federal trademark statue which provides for a system of federal registration and protection of trade marks and service marks. (There is state protection and registration.)

Someone who is not and employee and has control over his or her work.

A court order to refrain from doing some activity.

The federal statue that makes the theft of a trade secret a federal crime. Penalties up to 10 year in prison + fines.

Current copyright law of the United States specifically provides for federal control in the copyright area for any work created after January 1978 - whether published or unpublished, registered or unregistered. (State protection for copyrighted works is no longer available.)

A name used by a business to identify that it is different from legal name of the individual or entity.

Major federal statue regulating fraud and abusive acts with computers.

Major amendment to the LanHan Act of 1946 - effective November 16, 1989.

An intangible property right that protects a work of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression. Includes literary works, computer software, musical works, pragmatic works, pantomimes, choereographic works, pictorial, graphic and sculptured works, motion pictures, audiovisual works and sound recordings.

Major update of copyright law which became effective October 1998

Recent modification of 1976 that permits U.A. adherence to the Berne Copyright Convention, an international convention dealing with the protection of copyrights.

Violation of someone's patent or copyright laws.

Breach of computer security. A state statue that regulates hacking and harmful access to computers, computer networks, or computer systems.