LA180_Ch13 TF

Provincial legislation gives the right to copy or reproduce a created work to the author or owner and controls infringements.

• True

• False

Trademarks are to prevent the deception of people who think they are dealing with the company usually associated with the symbol.

• True

• False

An employee could not be sued for disclosing a company's customer list because no trade secret or unique manufacturing process is involved.

• True

• False

A patent gives the exclusive right to produce, market, and sell a new invention.

• True

• False

Alternative dispute resolution has been effective in settling certain types of Internet disputes.

• True

• False

In Canada, software is protected primarily under copyright law, although there are situations in which patent law will apply to software embedded in a particular invention.

• True

• False

If a copyright owner has grounds for believing that a person is infringing his copyright but fears that the infringer may destroy the evidence, the owner could go to court to get an Anton Piller order, which would allow him to search and seize the evidence.

• True

• False

Moral rights means that the creator has the right not to have the work changed in such a way as to diminish or degrade it.

• True

• False

When a trademark is registered, it gives protection for a period of 50 years.

• True

• False

A "passing-off action" prevents a person from misleading the public into thinking it is dealing with some other business and applies whether or not a registered trademark is involved.

• True

• False