IPR102 41 - 50/228

The copyright owner needs to prepare all necessary copyright documents before invoking the Fast Action Scheme to stop infringement. Otherwise, the Customs and Excise Department may refuse to accept the complaint on the ground of insufficient documents. Is it correct?
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• True

• False

The organizer of the World Cup exclusively licenses the Cable TV for broadcasting the World Cup football matches. Therefore, TVB broadcasts animated goal clips. Did TVB infringe copyright?
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• True

• False

For intellectual property owners, issuing warning letters to infringers is the first and necessary step. Is it correct?
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• True

• False

The Customs and Excise Department has power to investigate cases of copyright infringement. Is it correct?
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• True

• False

Ten years ago, in order to open up Hong Kong market, a foreign company commissioned a Hong Kong company to sell its new products. Because of the 10-year promotion, good products quality and after-sale service provided by the Hong Kong company, Hong Kong people like the new products very much. When Customsers face any problems, they seek help from the Hong Kong company. Recently, the foreign company has decided to terminate the exclusive agency relationship with the Hong Kong company and to commissioned another company for the sale of those products. Does the Hong Kong company have rights to prohibit the foreign company from commissioning another company to sell the new products?
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• True

• False

A famous American artist took a photo of a man facing upward with tens of kitchen utensils hung on his body. After publication, the photo was much appreciated by the art industry and the industrial. Company A made reference to the photo, taking another photo which contains a woman hanging tens of combs and brushes in place of kitchen utensils. The company published the photo in Hong Kong afterwards. Did company A infringe the copyright owned by the artist?
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• True

• False

Under Berne Convention, in most cases, the copyright shall last for
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• a. The author's life plus 70 years

• b. The author's life

• c. The author's life plus 50 years

Under UK law, most copyrights shall last for
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• a. The author's life plus 70 years

• b. The author's life

• c. The author's life plus 50 years

• d. All of above

Regarding Berne Convention, which one of the following is not correct
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• a. Copyright in an anonymous or pseudonymous work lasts 50 years after the work has been lawfully made available to the public unless the identity of the author becomes known within the above-mentioned period.

• b. Copyright in an anonymous or pseudonymous work lasts for the author's life plus 50 years in case the author's identity is available and there is no doubt about his/her identity.

• c. The countries of the Union shall not be required to protect anonymous or pseudonymous works in respect of which it is reasonable to presume that their author has been dead for fifty years.

• d. In any case, copyright in an anonymous or pseudonymous work lasts 50 years after the work has been lawfully made available to the public.

First ownership of copyright shall be tested by (i) Whether the designer is an employee (ii) Whether the work is created in the course of employment
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• (a). Both

• (b). Neither (i) nor (ii)