1. A company XYZ filed a patent application in the year 2000. The patent was granted in 2002. The company can enjoy the patent rights till:
2020
2021
2022
2023
2. If a company develops a new technology that improves its main product, what type of intellectual property can they use to stop others from copying their invention?
Copyright
Geographical indications
Patents
Trademarks
3. The term WIPO stands for
World Investment Policy Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
Wildlife Investigation and Policing Organization
World Institute for Prevention of Organized Crime
4. PCT stands for:
Patent Cooperation Treaty
Patent Cooperation Territory
Patent Completion Term
Patent Convention Treaty
5. Why an invention should be patented?
It gives opportunity to license the invention in future
It gives legal ownership on the invention
It gives exclusive rights to stop others from practicing the invention
All of the above
6. The rights of a patentee are to stop the third parties from
Selling or distributing patented product without consent of patentee
Licensing without consent of patentee
Assigning the patent to others without consent of patentee
All of the above
7. A person qualified/entitled to receive a patent on a new invention is-
The one who invents first
The one who applies for patent on the invention first
The one who commercialized the invention first
The one who first conceived the invention
8. Patent is granted for
A Discovery
Mathematical formulas
New invention
Both (a) and (b)
9. Confidential information is an important intellectual asset because-
It has unlimited lifetime of protection unlike patents 20 years protection
It contains organization’s Important critical data
It is available exclusively to the organization
All of the above
10. Patent right is
Limited period right
Territorial right
Absolute right
Both (a) and (b)
11. Prior art search includes
Search of Patent literatures
Search of Non-patent literature
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
12. Which is not a best practice to protect intellectual property/ asset of any organization?
Having Non-Disclosure Agreement in place while discussing business and sharing confidential information with 3rd party
Safeguarding critical manufacturing and business know-how as trade secret
Getting due approvals before external publications and presentations
Publishing all the R&D and business-critical information for easy access of the public
13. A patent comes into existence:
On the evolution of an idea
On the first publication in an article
On the acceptance of an application by the Patent Office
After the first successful use of the article
14. Which of these a Geographical Indication?
BMW
Hotel Taj
Play station
Assam Tea
15. Which country possesses maximum number of Patents in the world?
USA
Japan
South Korea
China
16. What is the WIPO theme of World IP Day, 2019?
IP and Sports
Women in Innovation and Creativity
Innovation improving lives
Innovate for a Green Future
17. The secret formula of Coca-cola is protected by?
Patent
Copyright
Trade secrets
Trademark
18. Industrial Design protects the outward appearance of an article, and not its _________or functional features.
Structural
Colorful
Mechanical
None of the above
19. What is Genericide?
Mass shutting down of companies due to shortage of money
Excessive use of trademark of one company leading to generalization and death
Asking companies to shut down because they don’t have a trademark
This is a made-up word; it doesn’t have a meaning.
20. The first Producer of a cinematographic film is
Producer
Actor
Composer
Director