Understanding Legal Concepts

Indicate whether each statement is true or false. Then, change the italicized word or phrase of each false statement to make it true.

1. A patent owner has the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention for 50 years.

2. State courts have the power to enjoin anyone from infringing on another's patent.

3. Copyright protection lasts for the life of the author.

4. It is now optional to put the symbol or the word "copyright," followed by the date and the name of the owner, on a copyrighted work.

5. The fair use of copyrighted work for purposes of teaching, including making multiple copies for classroom use, is allowed.

6. Trademark is the term used to describe protection for services.

7. Trademark protection may be obtained from state governments.

8. The most common type of trademark is obtained by usage under the common law.

9. A registered trademark provides protection for 15 years.

10. Trademark protection can be lost by the mark's becoming a generic term.