What step might be taken if some disclosure of your product is necessary in order to obtain funding, obtain raw materials, or otherwise develop the product?
a. mark all prototypes and designs with the company name
b. file for a patent under your personal name instead of the company
c. file for a provisional patent
d. change the nature of the product after you have disclosed it
c. file for a provisional patent
You might also like to view...
Which of these is a noncontact or lower-contact culture?
A. Saudi Arabia B. England C. France D. Italy
As mass markets have fragmented, marketers have shifted away from mass marketing
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Rather than just gathering data, an experiment matches an outcome to which of the following?
a. the hypothesis b. the data collection method c. the business problem d. the business opportunity
CallTalk Corporation, a smartphone and phone-time seller, chooses to use and register "calltalk" as its domain name. Later, CallTalk's less successful competitor, CellTalk Company, chooses to use and register "caltalk" (an intentional misspelling of "calltalk") as its domain name. Still later, Call&Talk, Inc, uses the domain name "callltalk" (also a deliberate misspelling of "calltalk") without
CallTalk's authorization, to sell pornographic phone conversations. Refer to Fact Pattern 7-2. By using a domain name similar to CallTalk's, CellTalk is most likely A) diminishing the quality of CallTalk's mark. B) making a fair use of CallTalk's mark. C) licensing the use of CallTalk's mark to itself. D) engaging in smart competitive conduct.