Capstone Mod 6

Front 1

The ____ is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry

Back 1

RIAA

Front 2

These objects are protected under patent law: ____

Back 2

inventions

Front 3

Copyright and patent protection was established through ____

Back 3

the U.S. Constitution

Front 4

The concept that an idea cannot be copyrighted but the ____ of an idea can be is key to understanding copyright protection.

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expression

Front 5

The PRO-IP Act sends the message to intellectual property criminals everywhere that the U.S. will ____ to protect American innovation.

Back 5

go the extra mile

Front 6

The ____ requires member governments to ensure that intellectual property rights can be enforced under their laws and that penalties for infringement are tough enough to deter further violations.

Back 6

TRIPS agreement

Front 7

Unlike traditional copyright law, the ____ does not govern copying; instead, it focuses on the distribution of tools and software that can be used for copyright infringement as well as for legitimate non-infringing use.

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Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Front 8

One of the tests that an invention must pass to be eligible for a patent is ____.

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it must not be obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the same field

Front 9

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that there are ____ classes of items that cannot be patented

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three

Front 10

Some software experts think that too many software patents are being granted, inhibiting new software development. For example, ____ obtained a patent for “one-click shopping,” based on the use of a shopping cart purchase system for electronic commerce.

Back 10

Amazon.com

Front 11

In 2009, ____ announced that it would donate some 3,000 patents for free use by developers to help them innovate and build new hardware and software. The announcement represented a major shift in this firm’s intellectual property strategy and was meant to encourage other patent holders to donate their own intellectual property.

Back 11

IBM

Front 12

A patented process or invention that is surreptitiously included within a standard without being made public until after the standard is broadly adopted is called a(n) ____.

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submarine patent

Front 13

One key advantage that trade secret law has over the use of patents and copyrights in protecting companies from losing control of their intellectual property is ____.

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there is no need to file an application or disclose the trade secret to gain protection

Front 14

____ can qualify for trade secret protection under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.

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Both computer hardware and software

Front 15

A(n) ____ prohibits an employee from working for any competitors for a period of time

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noncompete agreement

Front 16

The process of taking something apart in order to understand it, build a copy of it, or improve it is called ____.

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reverse engineering

Front 17

A(n) ____ can read the machine language of a software program and produce the source code.

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decompiler

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The courts have ruled in favor of using reverse engineering to enable ____.

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interoperability

Front 19

7-zip, Audacity, Blender 3D, eMule, Eraser, and Firefox are all examples of ____

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open source software

Front 20

Legally obtained information that is gathered to help a company gain an advantage over its rivals is called ____.

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competitive intelligence

Front 21

A(n) ____ is a logo, package design, phrase, sound, or word that enables a consumer to differentiate one company’s products from another’s.

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trademark

Front 22

The ____ Act enacted in 1999, allows trademark owners to challenge foreign cybersquatters who might otherwise be beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts.

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Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection

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Cybersquatters ____.

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register domain names for famous trademarks or company names to which they have no connection

Front 24

Under the ACPA, trademark holders can seek civil damages of up to ____ from cybersquatters that register their trade names or similar-sounding names as domain names.

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$100,000

Front 25

The basic premise behind open source code is that when many programmers can read, redistribute, and modify a program’s code, the software ____.

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improves