Multiple Choice

$2$ points

Words such as Xerox, Exxon, and Google have been granted trademark protection because they:

have acquired secondary meaning.

are trade dress names.

are generic.

are collective marks.

are distinctive.

Multiple Choich $2$ points

Usco has a utility patent on an invention that will expire on January $1$st$.$ Which statement is correct?

Usco can renew the patent for an additional $17$years.

Usco can renew the patent for an additional $20$ years.

Usco can protect the invention as a trade secret after the patent expires.

Usco cannot renew the patent and it will enter the public domain.

Usco can renew the patent for an additional $14$ years.

$2$

Multiple Choice

$2$ points

Sam expressed an interest in buying a painting from Jasper, who claimed that the painting was a family heirloom. Jasper's asking price was $$15,000,$ but Sam was only willing to offer

$$13,000.$ Jasper told him that it was a very old painting worth a fortune and that others would gladly pay $$20,000$ for it$.$ He also told him that he was only selling it under its market value because he needed the money immediately. He then implied that Sam could sell it for a higher rate if he wanted. In legal terms, Jasper's words to Sam most likely constitute a$($a$)$