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What are the factors a court should consider in a copyright infringement action to determine whether a particular use qualifies as a fair use? 

Anything under the sun made by man can constitute patentable subject matter.

What are two incentives for obtaining a copyright registration?

The United States is currently a ___________ country. 

Product design can serve as protectable trade dress provided it is not ______________________ and provided that it has acquired ________________________________. (fill in the blanks) 

List two activities by the inventor that can constitute a statutory bar to a patent. _______________________________________________________________________. (fill in the blank)

Rewarding the creator is the primary objective of the Utilitarian/Economic Incentive Theory that justifies intellectual property protection.

A work authored under the current Copyright Act _________ contain a copyright notice when it is published in order to maintain copyright rights.

A limited disclosure of a trade secret to a third party without an obligation of confidentiality prevents someone from prevailing on a trade secret claim because the trade secret owner did not take reasonable steps to protect the trade secret.

Laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas _______ be patented by the person who discover them.