INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW LPC
TERMS AND DEFINATION FOR A+
GRADE REVISION NOTES 2024-2025
Intellectual Property (ANSWER )Any product or result of mental processes that is
given legal protection against unauthorized use
4 Types of Intellectual Property (ANSWER )Patents
Copyrights
Trademarks, service marks, or trade dress
Trade secrets
Trademark (ANSWER )Designed to signal the source of the product
Requirements of a Trademark (ANSWER )Must be distinctive and used in
commerce
Inherently Distinctive marks (ANSWER )Fanciful and arbitrary marks
Suggestive Marks (ANSWER )Suggest a characteristic of the good, indirectly
describes the product (coppertone, jaguar)
Descriptive Marks (ANSWER )Directly describes the product, no trademark
protection unless owners have created a secondary meaning (Holiday Inn)
Determining Secondary Meaning (ANSWER )Amount and manner of advertising
TERMS AND DEFINATION FOR A+
GRADE REVISION NOTES 2024-2025
Intellectual Property (ANSWER )Any product or result of mental processes that is
given legal protection against unauthorized use
4 Types of Intellectual Property (ANSWER )Patents
Copyrights
Trademarks, service marks, or trade dress
Trade secrets
Trademark (ANSWER )Designed to signal the source of the product
Requirements of a Trademark (ANSWER )Must be distinctive and used in
commerce
Inherently Distinctive marks (ANSWER )Fanciful and arbitrary marks
Suggestive Marks (ANSWER )Suggest a characteristic of the good, indirectly
describes the product (coppertone, jaguar)
Descriptive Marks (ANSWER )Directly describes the product, no trademark
protection unless owners have created a secondary meaning (Holiday Inn)
Determining Secondary Meaning (ANSWER )Amount and manner of advertising
