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Patent Quiz

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of intellectual property law concepts like copyright, patents, trademarks, and designs. For each question there is one right answer out of 4 options provided. The questions cover topics such as the duration of copyright, what constitutes infringement, patent requirements, trademark registrability, design ownership, and the basis of passing off law.

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Patent Quiz

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of intellectual property law concepts like copyright, patents, trademarks, and designs. For each question there is one right answer out of 4 options provided. The questions cover topics such as the duration of copyright, what constitutes infringement, patent requirements, trademark registrability, design ownership, and the basis of passing off law.

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Question 1

Which of following would not gain copyright protection?

a) A DVD
b) An unrecorded speech
c) Written lyrics of a song
d) A hand knitted jumper
b) An unrecorded speech

Question 2

What is the duration of copyright protection for a novel?

a) A novel will not gain copyright protection.


b) The day the author dies
c) The end of the calendar year in which the author died.
d) 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author died.

d) 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author died.

Question 3

Which one of the following actions is not a breach of copyright?

a) To import copied CDs.


b) To make a copy of a CD and sell it.
c) To borrow a CD from a friend and copy it to your laptop for your own private use.
d) To purchase a CD and copy it to your laptop for your own private use.

d) To purchase a CD and copy it to your laptop for your own private use

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the three essential elements for a patent to be granted for
an invention?

a) Be a product.
b) Be new to the public.
c) Involve an inventive step.
d) Be capable of industrial application.
a) Be a product.

Question 5

Which one of the following statements is true?

a) A patent must be registered in order to gain protection.


b) Copyright must be registered in order to gain protection.
c) The owner of a patent cannot sell it but can prevent others using his invention.
d) The definition of an invention is set out in the Patents Act 1977.

a) A patent must be registered in order to gain protection.

Question 6

The law governing registered trade marks can be found in which Act?

a) The Intellectual Property Act 1994.


b) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
c) The Registered Trade Marks Act 1994.
d) The Trade Marks Act 1994.

d) The Trade Marks Act 1994.

Question 7

Which one of the following could not be registered as a trade mark?

a) The mark is an image.


b) The mark is made up of letters and numbers.
c) The mark is made up of a symbol with no words or letters.
d) The mark represents the natural or technical shape of the goods.

d) The mark represents the natural or technical shape of the goods.

Question 8

Which one of the following statements is false?

a) The maximum duration for an unregistered design right is 15 years.


b) A registered design right may cover 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional objects.
c) A registered design right only applies to 3 dimensional objects.
d) The maximum duration for a registered design right is 25 years.

c) A registered design right only applies to 3 dimensional objects.

Question 9

Unless a contract provides otherwise, who is the first owner of a design right created on or
after 1 October 2014?

a) The person who commissioned the design.


b) The manufacturer of the design.
c) The government.
d) The designer.

d) The designer.

Question 10

The tort of passing off is governed by which statute?

a) The Passing-off Act 1977.


b) The Tort Act 1977.
c) The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
d) There is no statute that governs the law of passing-off.

d) There is no statute that governs the law of passing-off.

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