Intellectual property

文章大意

两名商科学生讨论知识产权这一商业领域，探讨如何通过法律手段保护创意与发明。他们逐一比较版权、专利、商标、外观设计和电路布图设计等保护方式，涉及保护期限、申请成本、专业帮助需求以及商标对品牌价值的提升等具体细节。

题目与答案

1. copyright
   • need to sign an additional contract
   • automatically applied
   • has no time limit
   • need assistance from specialists
   • not applicable overseas
   • increase the value of the company

   答案：automatically applied

   原文定位：It's free, and you don't even have to apply for it

2. patent
   • need to sign an additional contract
   • automatically applied
   • has no time limit
   • need assistance from specialists
   • not applicable overseas
   • increase the value of the company

   答案：need assistance from specialists

   原文定位：Well, I don't think it's something you can do without professional help. It's a very complicated process

   同义替换：「need」↔「cannot do without」，「assistance」↔「professional help」

3. trademarks
   • need to sign an additional contract
   • automatically applied
   • has no time limit
   • need assistance from specialists
   • not applicable overseas
   • increase the value of the company

   答案：increase the value of the company

   原文定位：They seem to really instill trust in a brand, and so they add millions of dollars to how much a company's worth

   同义替换：「increase the value of」↔「add millions of dollars to」

4. design
   • need to sign an additional contract
   • automatically applied
   • has no time limit
   • need assistance from specialists
   • not applicable overseas
   • increase the value of the company

   答案：make the products unique

   原文定位：register the design of their handsets, so they remain quite distinctive

5. circuit
   • need to sign an additional contract
   • automatically applied
   • has no time limit
   • need assistance from specialists
   • not applicable overseas
   • increase the value of the company

   答案：not applicable overseas

   原文定位：Circuits;can only be enforced in this country;The blueprint could be copied and reproduced in other countries, and the owner has no legal protection

   同义替换：「unique」↔「distinctive」

6. trade secret
   • need to sign an additional contract
   • automatically applied
   • has no time limit
   • need assistance from specialists
   • not applicable overseas
   • increase the value of the company

   答案：need to sign an additional contract

   原文定位：you have to make sure that all staff sign an agreement and stick to it if they leave

   同义替换：「contract」↔「agreement」

7. The process of intellectual property management

   quarterly research is written up by the 27_____ .
   • the commercialization committee
   • a business manager
   • a research leader
   • an external export
   • a program leader
   • a project leaders

   答案：a project leaders

   原文定位：This is produced by the;the project leader. They have to write up the report with details of how they are meeting their research deadlines

8. identify whether it is patentable

   deliver the report to 28_____ to make amendments
   • the commercialization committee
   • a business manager
   • a research leader
   • an external export
   • a program leader
   • a project leaders

   答案：the commercialization committee

   原文定位：They send it on to the commercialization committee, which consists of the program leader and an industry representative. They review the report bearing amendments to the intellectual property

   同义替换：「deliver」↔「send」

9. in the review meeting, 29_____ will check all the amendments
   • the commercialization committee
   • a business manager
   • a research leader
   • an external export
   • a program leader
   • a project leaders

   答案：a delivery manager

   原文定位：all the amendments are brought together and gone through by the delivery officer

   同义替换：「check」↔「gone through」，「manager」↔「officer」

10. The final decision will be sent to the 30_____ to analyze the cost of the whole process.
    • the commercialization committee
    • a business manager
    • a research leader
    • an external export
    • a program leader
    • a project leaders

    答案：a business manager

    原文定位：they then let the business manager know what has been decided;it becomes more to do with the financial or commercial issues of registration

    同义替换：「analyze the cost」↔「financial」