SA IBL TB8e Ch17 - 2601 Words

CHAPTER 17—LICENSING AGREEMENTS AND THE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS TRUE/FALSE 1. The hearing for the Walt Disney v. Beijing Publishing Press was held in the United States. ANS: F PTS: 1 2. It is fairly common for IPR licensors to put geographic and field-of-use limitations on licensees. ANS: T PTS: 1 3. Licensees of IPRs are generally eager to operate under specific marketing quotas requested by the licensor. ANS: F PTS: 1 4. Licensors of IPRs are generally wary of offering licensees exclusive rights in a certain geographic area. ANS: T PTS: 1 5. Under TRIPS, until a pharmaceutical patent is actually granted, a country has no obligation to protect potential prospective rights (during the pendency of the†¦show more content†¦ANS: T PTS: 1 26. Most nations grant patent priority to the individual who can prove (s)he was the first to invent. ANS: T PTS: 1 27. Both the Berne Convention and the Paris Convention require signatory countries to enact certain minimum substantive laws. ANS: F PTS: 1 28. Computer programs are protected as copyrightable literary works under the Berne Convention. ANS: T PTS: 1 29. Since 1996, the European Unions Trademark Regulation has allowed a single trademark registration enforceable in all members of the European Union. ANS: T PTS: 1 30. Under TRIPS, a nation may decide to exclude pharmaceutical patents if it determines they are immoral. ANS: T PTS: 1 31. Under U.S. copyright law, an authors moral rights are not protected. ANS: F PTS: 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A. Bourjois Co. v. Katzel involved the question of whether Katzel: a. Was liable to Bourjois for breach of contract. b. Was liable to the French subsidiary of Bourjois for trademark infringement and counterfeiting. c. Was entitled to punitive damages for willful trademark infringement. d. Was liable to Bourjois for trademark infringement. ANS: D PTS: 1 2. A single multinational application process is available for protecting intellectual property in: a. In the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. b. In the Eastern European countries. c. In countries that are member of the Asian Patent Protection Treaty. d. In the European Union. e. All of the above. ANS: