Best Practice #19 – Intellectual Property Ownership Quiz

A Trade Secret is a grant of property rights by the U.S. Government through the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).

Trademark is any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods or services.

A Patent is any information that provides economic value that is not in the public domain and that has been reasonable kept secret.

Copyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of “original works of authorship.