BLAW EXAM 3 KU Amii Castle Questions and Answers
Trade Secrets
(intellectual property) any form of knowledge that has economic value from not being generally known.
- not readily ascertainable by others
-owner has mad reasonable effects to maintain secrecy
(UTSA)
Intellectual Property
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BLAW EXAM 3 KU Amii Castle
Questions and Answers
Trade Secrets - answer (intellectual property) any form of knowledge that has
economic value from not being generally known.
- not readily ascertainable by others
-owner has mad reasonable effects to maintain secrecy
(UTSA)
Intellectual Property - answer -Not tangible
-information
-laws protect the ownership of info
Article 1 section 8 - answer (intellectual property)"To promote the progress of
science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the
exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries."
elements of Trade secrets - answer 1. establishing that a trade secret exists
2. demonstrating misappropriation
misappropriation - answer (trade secret) when one improperly acquires secret
information through burglary, espionage, or computer hacking
or when one discloses info that they had a duty to keep
injunction - answer (an order by judge either to do something or to refrain from doing
something
civil and criminal enforcement of a trade secret - answer Civil- owner of trade secret
may go to court to obtain an injunction or money damages
Criminal- Economic Espionage Act, fines up to $5 million & 10 years imprisonment
Types of trade secrets - answer technical
scientific
economic
engineering
Patents - answer an inventive act and conveys a right to exclude others from
making, using, selling, or importing the covered intention. (patent and trademark office)
Types of patents - answer Plant
Utility
, Design
Utility Patent & expiration date - answer applies to useful functional inventions. New
non-obvious inventions, compositions of matter or improvements thereof. 20 years from
filing date
Plant Patent & when does it expire? - answer New variety of plant that can be
reproduced asexually. 20 years from filing date. (May also be protected as utility)
Design Patent & expiration time - answer original and ornamental design for an
article of manufacture (appearance). 14 years from ISSUE date (more similar to
copyrights)
Obtaining a patent - answer {Before} inventor pays a filing fee to the PTO
1. explain how to make and use the basic invention
2. show why the invention is different from previous invention
3. precisely detail the subject matter that the inventor regards as the invention (called
claims)
Requirements to obtain a patent....(must show patent examiner) - answer novelty
(new and different), non-obvious (unexpected results), and utility (do something useful)
Steps to protect from copyright infringement - answer -owner can sue those who
infringe
-injunction prohibiting future infringement
-damages for losses resulting of infringement
-triple damages for willful infringement
Patent Prosecutor - answer attorney who helps people get patents
triple damages - answer permits a court to triple the amount of the
actual/compensatory damages to be awarded to a prevailing plaintiff
patent trolls - answer person or company that attempts to enforce patent rights
against accused infringers far beyond the patent's actual value or contribution to the
prior art. often do not manufacture products or supply services based upon the patents
in question.
fee shifting - answer helps reduce patent trolls. Judges force the losing party to pay
the winning sides cost
trademarks - answer a statutorily created property in a mark, word, picture, or design
that attaches to goods and indicates there source(PTO)
Trademark infringement - answer -intentional use of another mark
-accidental design of ones mark, i.e. too similar
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