True or False

1.)A work must be registered with the Copyright Office before it receives any copyright protection.

2.)John has written a book. Although not required, John should register the work with the Copyright Office because registration makes proof of infringement easier in some cases and makes John eligible for certain types of damages, court costs, and attorneys' fees.

3.)The Lanham Act provides the exclusive trademark law in the United States.

4.)A person may always use his or her own name as a trademark.

5.)Traditionally, copyright laws have protected only expressions of ideas and not the ideas themselves.

6.) Trade secrets, copyrights, and patents require public registration in order to attain protection.

7.) Kendra prepared an architectural drawing as part of her job at Wemlinger Architecture. Kendra put the copyright notice on the drawing. Wemlinger owns the rights to Kendra's architectural drawing.

8.) The Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks issued a patent to Fred for a bicycle locking system. Allison independently and completely unaware of Fred's invention, created the same locking system. Allison can exploit her locking system because it was developed independently from Fred.

9.) Copyright laws protect expressions of ideas and the ideas themselves.

10.) A non-disclosure agreement is the only way to prevent employees or partners of a business from sharing confidential information and secrets of the company.