RA 8293 – Intellectual Property Law

Quiz

1.) On April 2002, May applied for his invention a patent which was granted on June 2004.
When will the patent expire?
a. June 2024
b. April 2017
c. May 2012
d. No answer

2.) Stephen Curry, for the past three years, has been selling Shoes. His hoodies are known as
“Curry” and they feature a golden yellow with a black outline “SC” logo on the side of the
shoes. The shoes are well-known to the public as Curry and the logo as SC. Stephen
recently learned that another company is considering producing shoes similar to his own,
but with a bright yellow without an outline SC logo and intends to call it as "Curie”.
a. The name Curry is Stephen’s trademark
b. The logo SC is Stephen’s tradename
c. The name Curry is Stephen’s tradename and the SC logo is his trademark
d. No answer

3.) If the other company makes the shoes and sells them, it will have committed
a. Copyright infringement
b. Passing-off
c. Trademark infringement
d. No answer

4.) A ________ is a right in a new invention, a ________ is a right to manufacture an artistic

design, a ________ identifies a product or service, and a ________ is ownership in an
artistic or literary work.
a. patent; trade name; distinctive guise; certification mark
b. compulsory license; license; trademark; patent
c. patent; industrial design; trademark; copyright
d. industrial design; patent; trademark; copyright

5.) Jordan works for a major technology firm as a research technician. Jordan's employment
contract contains a confidentiality clause that forbids him from sharing confidential
company information. If Jordan discloses the company's confidential details, he would be
guilty of
a. Copyright infringement
 b. Patent infringement
c. Trademark infringement
d. No answer

6.) The following cannot be registered as trademark EXCEPT

a. Mark that Is contrary to public order or morality.
b. Mark which consists of color alone.
c. Mark which consists of signs that are not generic.
d. All of the above

7.) Statement 1: Genetic alterations in animals can be patented.

Statement 2: A trademark does not have to be registered to be protected.
a. Only Statement 1 is true
b. Only Statement 2 is true
c. Both of them are true
d. Neither of them is true

8.) Statement 1: Registration alone does not make a person the owner of a trademark.
Statement 2: There is no copyright of ideas
a. Only Statement 1 is true
b. Only Statement 2 is true
c. Both of them are true
d. Neither of them is true

9.) _______ means the process of translating as rendering text form one language to
another. ________ means the process of rendering or representing words, letter or
characters from one language to the corresponding words, letters or characters of
another language or alphabet.
a. Transliteration; Translation
b. Traslacion; Transliteration
c. Translation; Transification
d. Translation; Transliteration

10.) Element of a patent includes all of the following except

a. Novelty
b. Inventive Step
c. Innovative Process
d. Industrial Applicability
11.) It is the transfer of possession of the original or a copy of a work or sound
recording for a limited period, for non-profit purposes, by an institution the services of
which are available to the public, such as public library or archive.
a. Public Lending
b. Collective Work
c. Published Works
d. Communication to the public

12.) Works, which, with the consent of the authors, are made available to the public
by wire or wireless means in such a way that members of the public may access these
works from a place and time individually chosen by them: Provided, That availability of
such copies has been such, as to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public, having
regard to the nature of the work.
a. Public Lending
b. Collective Work
c. Published Works
d. Communication to the public

13.) The person who so commissioned the work shall have ownership of work, but the
copyright thereto shall remain with the creator, unless there is a written stipulation to
the contrary.
a. True
b. False

14.) The purpose of copyright is to reward the labor of authors, but to promote the
progress of science and useful arts.
a. True
b. False

15.) What are the Rights Conferred by Copyright?

a. Copyright or Economic rights
b. Moral rights
c. Right to participate in the gross proceeds of the sale or lease of the original
work or droit de suite.
d. All of the above

16.) Any work of the Government of the Philippines is not protected by copyright.
a. True
b. False
17.) It is privilege, of persons other than the owner of the copyright, to use the
copyrighted material in a reasonable manner without his consent, notwithstanding the
monopoly granted to the owner by the copyright.
a. Fair trade
b. Fair Policy
c. Fair Use
d. None of the above

18.) Infringement means making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing a
patented product or a product obtained directly or indirectly from a patented process, or
the use of a patented process without the authorization of the patentee.
a. True
b. False

19.) It is granted by the Director of Legal Affairs of a license to exploit a patented

invention even without the agreement of the patent owner in favor of any person who
has shown his capability to exploit the invention under certain circumstances.
a. Patent
b. Voluntary Licensing
c. Compulsory Licensing
d. Licensing
20.) It is granted by the patent owner to a third person of the right to exploit a patented
invention.
a. Patent
b. Voluntary Licensing
c. Compulsory Licensing
d. Licensing