SELF QUIZ

Intellectual Property:
Patent and Copyright Law
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  1. Which of the following mechanisms provides to an inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling the invention?

    1. Patent

    2. Copyright

    3. Trademark

    4. Non-Disclosure Agreement

  2. Which of the following mechanisms provides exclusive right to authors, composers, artists, or their assignees to copy, exhibit, distribute, or perform their works?

    1. Patent

    2. Copyright

    3. Trademark

    4. Non-Disclosure Agreement


  3. For what period of time is a US patent enforceable?

    1. For an unlimited period

    2. For the lifetime of the inventor, plus 70 years

    3. Seven years

    4. Twenty years from the original date of filing


  4. For what period of time is a US copyright enforceable, if the creator is an individual?

    1. For an unlimited period

    2. For the lifetime of the creator, plus 70 years

    3. Seven years

    4. Twenty years from the original date of filing


  5. Inventors have a limited period of time following public disclosure of their idea in which to file for a US patent. Within what period of time following public disclosure must a US patent application be filed?

    1. Six months

    2. One year

    3. Three years

    4. Seven years


  6. From the point of application, how long does it normally take the US Patent Office to award a patent?

    1. Six months

    2. One year

    3. Between two and five years

    4. Ten years


  7. Which of the following statements about Public Law 96-517, the Bayh-Dole Act, is true (pick one):

    1. It is intended to promote the transfer of research results from universities to the commercial sector.

    2. It requires universities to disclose each new invention to a federal funding agency within two months after the inventor discloses it to the unviersity.

    3. It allows universities to retain title to inventions developed with federal funding, and requires them to file patents on inventions which they own.

    4. All of the above.


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