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Without authorization,Brady uses the trademark of Ciera Coffee Company to promote cheap,flavorless candy,which is not similar to Ciera's products but diminishes the quality of the coffee company's mark. This is

A) cybersquatting.
B) typosquatting.
C) trademark infringement.
D) trademark dilution.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Stefano transfers copyrighted music recordings,without the copyright owners' authorization,to his friends. This is

A) copyright infringement.
B) a license.
C) trademark infringement.
D) none of the choices.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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InfoFree Inc. makes and sells devices and services for the circumvention of encryption software and other technological antipiracy protection. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act,this is

Federal law prevents a provider of communication services-such as a cell phone company-from divulging private communications to certain entities and individuals.

Sonya and other employees of TransGlobal Inc. maintain a password-protected social media page on which they post comments on work-related issues. The posts range from positive to negative,supporting the page's purpose to "vent about work." When TransGlobal learns of the page,the company intimidates Sonya into revealing the password,and after reviewing the posts,fires her and the other participants. Which federal law discussed in thisChapter most likely applies to this situation? Has this law been violated? Discuss.

Sound Financials Corporation sends daily e-mail ads to its previous customers and those who have opted to receive the notices.Instable Investments,Inc.,sends e-mail ads to any e-mail address that Instable can find on the Web or otherwise generate. -Refer to Fact Pattern 7-1. One of the advertisers-either Sound Financials or Instable Investments-is acting within the bounds of federal law. Federal law permits the sending of

An employer may have a right to terminate a person based on his or her violation of the employer's social media policy.

Cybersquatting is illegal only if a domain name is identical to the trademark of another,not if the name is merely confusingly similar.

Cyber torts are torts that arise from online conduct.

Penalties exist for anyone who circumvents encryption software or other technological antipiracy protection.

Eve and other users of Facebook and other social networking sites post trademarked images and copyrighted materials on these sites without permission. This is

To test computer security and conduct encryption research,Tech SolutionsInc. circumvents the encryption software and other technological antipiracy protection of United Business Corporation's software. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act,this is

Federal law permits the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mail and does not prohibit spamming activities.

Social media posts have no uses in litigation.

Cybersquatting occurs when key words are inserted into a Web site's key-words coding to tell Internet browsers specific information about a Web page.

A licensor might grant a license allowing a trademark to be used as part of a domain name.

In some states,an unsolicited e-mail must include a toll-free phone number that the recipient can use to ask the sender to send no more unsolicited e-mail.

Sound Financials Corporation sends daily e-mail ads to its previous customers and those who have opted to receive the notices.Instable Investments,Inc.,sends e-mail ads to any e-mail address that Instable can find on the Web or otherwise generate. -Refer to Fact Pattern 7-1. Sound Financials and Instable Investments are subject to the laws of the states in which they are located and do business. Thirty-seven states

Federal law permits the intentional accessing of stored electronic communication even if the accessing is unauthorized.

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act applies to most,but not all,domain name registrations of trademarks.