To be protected by law, a mark must be distinctive enough to identify clearly the origin of the goods or services. A trade symbol may satisfy the distinctiveness requirement by
A. obtaining distinctiveness through wide public recognition.
B. being inherently distinctive
C. being a coined new word by the producer of the product
D. All of the above
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Regarding trademark protection:
A. an owner may abandon the mark through non-use and lose protection.
B. cannot renew the registration unless he renews the product.
C. All of the above
D. Both (a) and (b) are true.
A utility/invention patent
A. has a longer duration than other types of patent
B. protects the ornamental designs for manufactured products
C. requires a showing of novelty, usefulness, and nonobviousness
D. All of the above
E. Only a and c
Incellmed Corporation has developed a new process that it plans to use in genetically engineering microorganisms for its pharmaceutical business. To protect the process, Incellmed may:
A. copyright the process.
B. patent the process
C. protect the process as a trade secret without registration
D. either (b) or (c) depending on the other facts of the situation
E. both (b) and (c) depending on the other facts of the situation
Which of the following remedies is NOT available for trademark infringement?
A. applying for a court order to prohibit sale of goods carrying the unauthorized mark
B. claim of ownership of products with unauthorized use of trademark
C. an accounting for profits
D. damages when appropriate