Question 1 of 15

In a Community Trade Mark (CTM) application, do I need to specify the EU countries in which I seek
protection?

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No, protection is automatic in 27 countries and extends to cover new Member States as and
when they join

No, I will choose it once the office sends the acceptance for application

Yes, protection only extends to the chosen countries of the European Economic Area (EEA)

Question 2 of 15

Are all the issues contained within the patent application parts eligible for patent protection?

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No, only those included in the claim part.

Yes, in addition to those specified in the technical description and the claim part.

Yes, together with the drawings figures

Question 3 of 15

Can the inventor/producer of a technology still use it if the related patent is expired?

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No, with the expiration of the patent it is no more allowed to freely produce the invention

Yes, but it must acknowledge that on the product packaging

Yes, but it has no more the right to exclude others from using the invention

Question 4 of 15

Is there a Common Utility Model system within the EU?

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 No, only national procedures (i.e. 17 EU countries)

Yes, it is managed by the European Patent Office (EPO)

Yes, a community Utility Model can be registered at the Office for the Harmonisation of the
Internal Market (OHIM)

Question 5 of 15

The design right protects

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The distinctiveness of a product

The function of a product

The utility of a product

The aesthetic appearance of a product

Question 6 of 15

What is the period to claim priority under the Paris Convention?

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Six months for TM and design, one year for patent and utility models

One year for TM and utility models, six months for design and patents

Six months for TM and patents, one year for design and utility models

One year for TM and patents, six months for design and utility models

Question 7 of 15

Copyright can protect

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 Technologies

Ideas, but under the condition they are novel

Expression of ideas

Ideas as such

Question 8 of 15

A trade mark

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Has no distinctive character

Serves to describe the characteristics of goods and services.

Is used in business to distinguish the goods and services of one undertaking from those of other
undertakings

Is not allowed for the registration of three-dimensional signs

Question 9 of 15

In order to be patentable

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An invention must be distinctive

A computer program, as such, must be novel and developed independently

The appearance of a product must meet the requirements of novelty and individual character

An invention must be non-obvious, of practical use and it must show an element of novelty

Question 10 of 15

A copyright protection
Choose one

Is granted after the registration of the created work in a corresponding national/regional IP office

Arises upon creation, however, needs to be registered in order to be legally valid

According to Berne Convention, expires after 30 years

Does give the author an exclusive right to reproduce the work to the public

Question 11 of 15

A registered and an unregistered Community design

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Do not differ in protection periods

Have to meet the same requirements to be protected

Do not have the same geographical scope of protection

Confer on its holders a right only to prevent copying

Question 12 of 15

Only innovative and original information can be protected as a trade secret

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True

False

Question 13 of 15

An offensive IP strategy consists in acquiring and protecting IP rights by purchase or sale of licences
so as to create obstacles to your competitors

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True

False
Question 14 of 15

The management of IP is essential to set up an optimal system to sell all the resources of the
organisation

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True

False

Question 15 of 15

Match the following terms with those showing into the scroll-down list

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Assignment IP exploitation

Intellectual Property Business asset

State of the art IP searches

Enforcement Custom notice

Know-how Trade secrets

Infringement Unauthorised use

You lose points by selecting incorrect options. You may leave an option blank to avoid losing points.

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