1. The place where personal property or real estate is located is called the __________.
a. Locus
b. Lexus
c. Situs
d. Res
2. What is the basic distinction between a joint tenancy and a tenancy in common?
a. Spouses can be joint tenants but not tenants in common.
b. Unrelated owners can be tenants in common but not joint tenants.
c. Joint tenants have a right of survivorship, but tenants in common do not.
d. Tenants in common have a right of survivorship, but joint tenants do not.
3. Jack's has applied for a patent for his new golf club that all but guarantees a hole-in-one. While Jack awaits his patent to be accepted, what does the Patent Office provide to Jack?
a. Patent deed
b. Patent pending
c. Provisional application
d. Patent offered
4. When the owner of a trademark continues to use the trademark but fails to act in such a manner that the trademark loses its effectiveness is considered ____________.
a. Actual abandonment
b. Abandonment by design
c. Destructive abandonment
d. Constructive abandonment
5. Hailey created an original design for her new business, and is seeking legal protection of her design. Hailey should file which of the following?
a. Trademark
b. Copyright
c. Patent
d. Service mark
6. One of the first Acts passed to protect computer-related crimes is which of the following?
a. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
b. Lanham Act
c. Digital Millennium Copyright Act
d. Anti Fraud Act
7. The official document that indicates that a new patent has been granted is which of the following?
a. Patent pending
b. Patent acceptance
c. Patent deed
d. Patent offered
8. A legal remedy to the owner of a famous trademark that allows injunctive relief when the uniqueness of the mark is lessened through the actions of others is which of the following?
a. Infringement
b. Breach
c. Dilution
d. Invasion
9. Carol has designed a new device that allows her to track calories by scanning a recipe into her computer. Carol would apply for which type of patent?
a. Design
b. Plant
c. Utility
d. Deed
10. Which of the following Agreements provides criminal penalties of trademark infringement?
a. Partnership for Trademark Agreement
b. North American Free Trade Agreement
c. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
d. Trademark Infringement Prohibition Agreement
11. A type of patent granted for innovative items is a _______ patent.
a. Design
b. Utility
c. Plant
d. Provisional
12. Steve has filed a patent that is an innovative improvement to fishing lures. The Patent and Trade Office will offer which of the following for Steve?
a. Design patent
b. Plant patent
c. Utility patent
d. Patent deed
13. A patent infringement that that appears to be identical in nature falls under which type of claim?
a. Doctrine of equivalents
b. Law of omission
c. Law of exactness
d. Indirect patent infringement