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