英语六级分类阅读模拟训练附答案和精讲:商业经济(4)
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> 4</p><p> <span word="Individuals">Individuals</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="property">property</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="own">own</span>. <span word="Intellectual">Intellectual</span> <span word="property">property</span> _1_ <span word="from">from</span> <span word="creative">creative</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="products">products</span>, <span word="services">services</span>, <span word="processes">processes</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span>. <span word="Intellectual">Intellectual</span> <span word="property">property</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="protected">protected</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="misappropriation">misappropriation</span> (盗用).<span word="Misappropriation">Misappropriation</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="property">property</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="without">without</span> _2_ <span word="compensation">compensation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="monetary">monetary</span> <span word="gain">gain</span>.</p><p> <span word="Legal">Legal</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="property">property</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="types">types</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="patents">patents</span>, <span word="copyrights">copyrights</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="trademarks">trademarks</span>.</p><p> <span word="Patents">Patents</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="exclusive">exclusive</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="inventions">inventions</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Patent">Patent</span> <span word="Office">Office</span> _3_ <span word="a">a</span> <span word="patent">patent</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="confirming">confirming</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="properly">properly</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unique">unique</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="patent">patent</span> <span word="prevents">prevents</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="making">making</span>, <span word="using">using</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="invention">invention</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> _4_ <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="of">of</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p> <span word="Copyrights">Copyrights</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="patents">patents</span> <span word="except">except</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="applied">applied</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="artistic">artistic</span> <span word="works">works</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="copyright">copyright</span> <span word="protects">protects</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="creator">creator</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="artistic">artistic</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="song">song</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="copyright">copyright</span> <span word="gives">gives</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="owner">owner</span> <span word="exclusive">exclusive</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="copy">copy</span> _5_, <span word="display">display</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="perform">perform</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="copyright">copyright</span> <span word="prevents">prevents</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="lehgth">lehgth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="copyright">copyright</span> <span word="is">is</span> _6_ <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lifetime">lifetime</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="plus">plus</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="additional">additional</span> 70 <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p> <span word="Trademarks">Trademarks</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="words">words</span>, <span word="names">names</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="symbols">symbols</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="identify">identify</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="manufacturer">manufacturer</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="product">product</span> <span word="and">and</span> _7_ <span word="it">it</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="others">others</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="servicemark">servicemark</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="identify">identify</span> <span word="services">services</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="prevents">prevents</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="the">the</span> __8_ <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="word">word</span>, <span word="name">name</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="symbol">symbol</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="advantage">advantage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="recognition">recognition</span> <span word="and">and</span> _9_ <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brand">brand</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="confusion">confusion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="marketplace">marketplace</span>.<span word="Upon">Upon</span> <span word="registration">registration</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="granted">granted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> _10_ <span word="for">for</span> <span word="additional">additional</span> <span word="ten">ten</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="periods">periods</span> <span word="indefinitely">indefinitely</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="continues">continues</span>.</p>
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