The NET Act Was Enacted To

question 62

Multiple Choice

The NET Act was enacted to:

• A) require publication of certain utility and plant patent applications 18 months after filing even if the patent has not yet been granted.
• B) protect the owner of a trademark or service mark from any person who, with a bad faith intent to profit from the mark, uses a domain name which is a protected trademark or word.
• C) extend U.S. copyright protection to works required to be protected under the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.
• D) to close a loophole in the Copyright Act which permitted infringers to pirate copyrighted works willfully and knowingly as long as they did not do so for profit.

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Definitions:

In Situ Conservation

The process of protecting an endangered species in its natural habitat, as opposed to ex situ conservation, which involves protecting species by removing part of the population from a threatened habitat.

Biodiversity Hotspot

A region that is significantly rich in biodiversity and is under threat from human activities.

Pattern-matching Techniques

Methods used to compare empirical patterns with predicted ones to increase the validity of research findings.

Causal Explanation

The analysis or reasoning given to understand why something happened, identifying causes and effects in a logical sequence.