BCOR TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Which of the following characteristics of international property protection would NOT
directly affect the incentives of potential innovators/inventors? - Answer-The number of
applications for IP protection that a particular government agency reviews in a given
year.
Which of the following is NOT a function of trademarks? - Answer-To protect terms that
may become generic
Courts consider the following when determining trademark infringement: - Answer-All of
these answers (the defendant's intent in selecting its mark, relatedness of goods
produced, similarity of the marks)
Which one of the following is a trademark that has never been considered by the courts
as so generic as to lose the protection of trademark law? - Answer-Kodak
Which of the following is NOT a way that copyright protection is limited? - Answer-
Libraries and researchers are broadly excepted from all copyright restrictions
Which of the following forms of intellectual property protections is viewed as the
strongest in the US legal system? - Answer-Patent
According to the article by Rivard entitled "No More Double Spending," the reason that
students are spending hundreds of thousand dollars extra is: - Answer-Faculty and
students are often unaware of what is already available to them for free.
Referencing trade with other countries, Adam Smith suggests that countries: - Answer-
Purchase goods from another country if that country can supply the goods at a lower
cost
According to Adam Smith, the greatest improvement in the productive powers of labor
come from: - Answer-the division of labor
According to the Economist blog, "What disruptive innovation means", which of the
following is the definition of disruptive innovation? - Answer-innovations that create new
markets by discovering new categories of customers
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Which of the following characteristics of international property protection would NOT
directly affect the incentives of potential innovators/inventors? - Answer-The number of
applications for IP protection that a particular government agency reviews in a given
year.
Which of the following is NOT a function of trademarks? - Answer-To protect terms that
may become generic
Courts consider the following when determining trademark infringement: - Answer-All of
these answers (the defendant's intent in selecting its mark, relatedness of goods
produced, similarity of the marks)
Which one of the following is a trademark that has never been considered by the courts
as so generic as to lose the protection of trademark law? - Answer-Kodak
Which of the following is NOT a way that copyright protection is limited? - Answer-
Libraries and researchers are broadly excepted from all copyright restrictions
Which of the following forms of intellectual property protections is viewed as the
strongest in the US legal system? - Answer-Patent
According to the article by Rivard entitled "No More Double Spending," the reason that
students are spending hundreds of thousand dollars extra is: - Answer-Faculty and
students are often unaware of what is already available to them for free.
Referencing trade with other countries, Adam Smith suggests that countries: - Answer-
Purchase goods from another country if that country can supply the goods at a lower
cost
According to Adam Smith, the greatest improvement in the productive powers of labor
come from: - Answer-the division of labor
According to the Economist blog, "What disruptive innovation means", which of the
following is the definition of disruptive innovation? - Answer-innovations that create new
markets by discovering new categories of customers
