BLaw 210 Exam 2 WSU Questions with
100% Correct Answers
license agreements - ✔✔allows to keep ownership of the work, while
requiring others to pay you for the use of your work
trade secret - ✔✔formula, practice, process, design instrument, pattern or
compilation of information which is not generally known or reasonable
ascertainable, by which a business can obtain an economic advantage
over competitors or customers
provisional patent application - ✔✔temporary alternative that is far less
complicated to file for than a patent application
utility patent - ✔✔statutory grant from the federal government giving the
inventor of a novel, genuine, not obvious product the exclusive right to
make, use and sell an invention for 20 years from the fate of application
trademark fair use - ✔✔defense against trademark infringement
tarnishment - ✔✔situation that occurs when a famous mark is linked to
products of inferior quality or is portrayed in a unflattering, immoral, or
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, reprehensive context likely to evoke negative beliefs about the marks
owner
blurring - ✔✔situation that occurs when a party uses another party's
famous mark to designate a product of service in another market so that
the unique significance of the famous mark is weakened
dilution - ✔✔remedy for the owners of famous marks to stop those using
the marks in a way that would be harmful to the brand
infringment - ✔✔use of someone else's trademark or a confusingly similar
mark for his/her own use which causes harm to the original mark owner
cybersquatting - ✔✔registering a domain name that is confusingly similar to
the trademark of another company with a bad faith intent to profit off the
name
trade dress - ✔✔an image of a business that is so distinctive, it is only
associated with that business
trademark - ✔✔word, phrase, symbol, or design, or combination of words,
phrases, symbols or designs that identifies and distinguishes the source of
goods
fair use - ✔✔a defense to a claim of infringment
copyright - ✔✔protects original works of authorship
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100% Correct Answers
license agreements - ✔✔allows to keep ownership of the work, while
requiring others to pay you for the use of your work
trade secret - ✔✔formula, practice, process, design instrument, pattern or
compilation of information which is not generally known or reasonable
ascertainable, by which a business can obtain an economic advantage
over competitors or customers
provisional patent application - ✔✔temporary alternative that is far less
complicated to file for than a patent application
utility patent - ✔✔statutory grant from the federal government giving the
inventor of a novel, genuine, not obvious product the exclusive right to
make, use and sell an invention for 20 years from the fate of application
trademark fair use - ✔✔defense against trademark infringement
tarnishment - ✔✔situation that occurs when a famous mark is linked to
products of inferior quality or is portrayed in a unflattering, immoral, or
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, reprehensive context likely to evoke negative beliefs about the marks
owner
blurring - ✔✔situation that occurs when a party uses another party's
famous mark to designate a product of service in another market so that
the unique significance of the famous mark is weakened
dilution - ✔✔remedy for the owners of famous marks to stop those using
the marks in a way that would be harmful to the brand
infringment - ✔✔use of someone else's trademark or a confusingly similar
mark for his/her own use which causes harm to the original mark owner
cybersquatting - ✔✔registering a domain name that is confusingly similar to
the trademark of another company with a bad faith intent to profit off the
name
trade dress - ✔✔an image of a business that is so distinctive, it is only
associated with that business
trademark - ✔✔word, phrase, symbol, or design, or combination of words,
phrases, symbols or designs that identifies and distinguishes the source of
goods
fair use - ✔✔a defense to a claim of infringment
copyright - ✔✔protects original works of authorship
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
