When a firm has been granted a trademark, which grants legal protection against other firms using the name of the product that has been granted the trademark, the firm
A) does not have to worry about legally enforcing the trademark; this is the responsibility of the legal system.
B) still faces the possibility that the name will become widely used and no longer associated with a specific company.
C) still must apply for a copyright and a patent to ensure that no other firm will use the product's name.
D) must spend an annual amount on advertising the product each year; the amount it must spend is negotiated by the firm and the government agency that grants the trademark.
B
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One problem with the ripple effect from the Fed's monetary policy is
A) the fact that the monetary policy transmission process is long and drawn out. B) that changing the Federal funds target rate seldom has an effect on the markets for reserves and loanable funds. C) the frequent misalignment of the spread between the Federal funds rate and the Federal funds rate target. D) that the Fed's policy sometimes has a large impact on potential GDP as well as its usual impact on aggregate demand. E) the tight relationship between that the Federal funds rate has to aggregate spending.
In November 2012, HP claimed that they had weak earnings due to questionable accounting by a company that they had taken over. This is an example of:
A) market risk B) systemic risk C) idiosyncratic risk D) liquidity risk