LEGL 2700 HACKLEMAN EXAM 3 CHAPTER 11,14,15, 17 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

LEGL 2700 HACKLEMAN EXAM 3
CHAPTER 11,14,15, 17 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
intellectualTpropertyT-
TANSWERTaTproductTofTtheTintellect,TsuchTasTanTexpressedTideaTorTconcept,TthatThasTcommercialTvalue




whatTarticleTprotectsTintellectualTproperty?T-TANSWERTarticleT1TsectionT8



justificationT-TANSWERT-TfocusedTuponTtheTactivitiesTofTtheTcreatorTofTanTintangibleTasset,TitsTwould-
beTuser,TandTtheTcommunityTinTwhichTtheTcreatorToperates



-TmakeTsureTcongressTcouldTprotectTintellectualTpropertyTinTconstitution



importanceT-TANSWERTcreatesTincentivesTbyTprovidingTexclusivity



competitionT-
TANSWERTpropertyTrightsTinTinformationTreduceTcompetitionTtemporarilyTthatTcouldTotherwiseTincreaseTa

vailabilityTandTkeepTpricesTlowTforTconsumers



atTaTdisadvantageTforTaTperiodTofTtime,TincrementallyTincreaseTproductionTofTinformationTinvestment,Twan
tTtoTincreaseTresearchTandTdevelopment.



capturingT-
TANSWERTonceTsomethingTisTputTintoTtheTpublicTdomain,ToneTcannotTapplyTforTintellectualTpropertyTrightTt

oTrecapture



tradeTsecretT-
TANSWERTanyTformTofTknowledgeTorTinformationTthatThasTeconomicTvalueTfromTnotTbeingTgenerallyTknow

nTtoTothersTorTreadilyTascertainableTbyTproperTmeansTandThasTbeenTtheTsubjectTofTreasonableTeffortsTbyTth
eTownerTtoTmaintainTsecrecy

,whatTareTtheTcharacteristicsTofTtradeTsecrets?T-
TANSWERTeconomicallyTvaluable,Tdon'tThaveTtoTbeTunique,TdoTnotTexpire




toTviolateTaTtradeTsecret,ToneTmustT_____________TtheTinformationT-TANSWERTmisappropriate



UniformTTradeTSecretsTActT-
TANSWERTadoptedTbyTtheTmajorityTofTstatesTtoTprotectTtradeTsecrets;TneedTtoTproveTthatTthereTisTaTsecret,T

thatTsecretsThadTeffortsTofTbeingTkeptTandTsomeoneTmisappropriatedTandTstoleTtheTsecret,TneedTtoTproveTt
hatTtheTsecretTwasTvaluableTtoTtheTbusiness



T/F:TaTtradeTsecretThasTtoTbeTuniqueTtoTbeTprotectedT-TANSWERTfalse



establishingTtheTexistenceTofTaTtradeTsecretT-
TANSWERTconductTaTtradeTsecretTauditTtoTidentifyTconfidentialTknowledge-basedTresources




waysTtoTpreserveTsecrecyTofTaTtradeTsecretT-TANSWERTlockTwrittenTmaterial,TsecureTcomputer-
storedTknowledgeTwithTfirewallsTandTencryption,TimposeTconfidentialityTrestrictions,TregulateTvisitors,TaskT
anyoneTinvolvedTwithTtheTsecretTtoTsignTaTnondisclosureTagreement



T/F:TtradeTsecretsTdoTnotTexpireT-TANSWERTtrue;TtheyTlastTuntilTdiscoveryTorTloss



AlTMinorTAssociatesTvs.TMartinT-TANSWERTissue-
TMartinTwasTanTemployerTofTtheTAMATandTdecidedTtoTstartThisTownTbusinessTwhileTstillTworkingTthere,Twhe

nTheTleftTheTusedTtheTsameTcustomerTlistTasTtheTAMA;TheTmemorizedTtheTlist,TheTdidn'tTprintTit

holding-
TtheTcourtTheldTthatTthereTisTnoTdistinctionTbetweenTmemorizingTandTprintingToutTtheTlistTandTthatTMartinT

hadTviolatedTkeepingTaTtradeTsecret



demonstratingTmisappropriationT-
TANSWERToccursTwhenToneTimproperlyTacquiresTorTdisclosesTsecretTinformation




___________T________TandT_______T___________TareTexemptedTwhenTmisappropriationTisTdemonstrat
edT-TANSWERTindependentTcreationTandTreverseTengineering

,independentTcreationT-
TANSWERTifTtwoTpeopleTcameTupTwithTtheTsameTideaTindependently/TrecreateTtheTsameTinformationTthatT

oneTconsidersTtoTbeTaTtradeTsecret,TitTisTnotTmisappropriation



reverseTengineeringT-
TANSWERTlookingTatTaTproductTandTfiguringToutThowTitTworksTorThowTitTisTformulatedTisTnotTmisappropriati

onTonlyTifTitTisTnotTpatented



T/F:TinnocentlyTacquiringTinformationTisTconsideredTmisappropriationTofTaTtradeTsecretT-TANSWERTfalse



employeeTmobilityTandTtradeTsecretsT-
TANSWERTconfidentialityTcontractTforbidsTemployeesTfromTdisclosingTknowledgeTobtainedTinTtheTworkplac

e



T/F:TemployersTcanTenforceTagreementsTbetweenTformerTemployeesTnotTtoTcompeteTonlyTwhenTthereTisTaT
validTbusinessTpurposeTforTtheTcontractT-TANSWERTtrue



EconomicTEspionageTActT-TANSWERTconsidersTstealingTtradeTsecretsTaTcrime



EEATcanTONLYTBeTbroughtTbyTtheTfederalTgovernment



examplesTofTthingsTcompaniesTwithTtradeTsecretsTmayTnotTallowT-
TANSWERTcarryTorTuseTofTcellTphonesTwhileTon-premises,TUSB/flashTmediaTon-

premises,TpersonalTorTcompanyTassignedTlaptopTcomputers,TabilityTtoTleaveTpremisesTwithTanyTdocument
ationTobtainedTduringTmeetingsTorTnotesTderivedTduringTaTmeeting



T/F:TmanyTtimesTdataTmustTonlyTbeTstoredTbyThumanTmemoryT-TANSWERTtrue



documentTmarkingsT-
TANSWERTdocumentsTgeneratedTshouldTpossessTappropriateT"markings"TtoTimplyTwhatTisTconsideredTaTtra

deTsecretTorTprotectedTdata

, examplesTofTdocumentTmarkingsT-
TANSWERTslideTcontainsTproprietaryTdata,TnotTapprovedTforTpublicTrelease,TforTofficialTuseTonly,Tcompetitio

nTsensitive



patentTlawT-
TANSWERTgivesTinventorsTtheTrightTtoTexcludeTothersTfromTmaking,Tusing,TorTsellingTproductsTthatTinfringeT

theTpatentedTinventionTforTaTperiodTofTtime



AKATaTlegalTinvention



patentsTareTconsideredTaT_____T________TforTaTperiodTofTtimeT-TANSWERTlegalTmonopoly



AKATexclusiveTandTlimited



whoTgrantsTpatents?T-TANSWERTUSTPatentTandTTrademarkTOfficeT(PTO)



CongressTsetsTaTperiodTofTtimeTonTaTpatentTinTArticleT_TSectionT_T-TANSWERTArticleT1TSectionT8



typesTofTpatentsT-TANSWERTutility,Tdesign,TplantTpatents



utilityTpatentT-TANSWERTnew,Tnon-
obviousTusefulTprocess,Tmachines,TcompositionsTofTmatterTorTimprovementsTthereoff



examplesTofTutilityTpatentsT-TANSWERTmousetrap,TchemicalTformula,TgeneticallyTmodifiedTseed



statuteTofTlimitationsTforTutilityTpatentsT-TANSWERT20TyearsTfromTfilingTdate



designTpatentT-TANSWERTaTnew,ToriginalTandTornamentalTdesignTforTanTarticleTofTmanufacture



statuteTofTlimitationsTforTdesignTpatentsT-TANSWERT15TyearsTfromTissueTdate