1. Trademark dilution by blurring occurs when

A. a trademark’s value will be diminished by its use on similar products.

B. a trademark’s value will be diminished by its use on dissimilar products.

C. fair use is abused.

D. all of the above

2. Alvin is an independent computer programmer. He wrote some software for the Rasco, Inc. (Rasco) and was paid for the work. Later, Alvin decided that he would use this program as part of some software he was writing for a competitor of Rasco. Rasco sued both Alvin and the competitor for use of the software Alvin wrote for Rasco.

A. Rasco will succeed under the principles of copyright infringement.

B. Rasco will succeed under the principles of misappropriation of trade secret.

C. Rasco will succeed under the principles of patent infringement.

D. Rasco will not succeed in its lawsuit.