Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI v10) — Question 440

You are working for a large clothing manufacturer as a computer forensics investigator and are called in to investigate an unusual case of an employee possibly stealing clothing designs from the company and selling them under a different brand name for a different company. What you discover during the course of the investigation is that the clothing designs are actually original products of the employee and the company has no policy against an employee selling his own designs on his own time. The only thing that you can find that the employee is doing wrong is that his clothing design incorporates the same graphic symbol as that of the company with only the wording in the graphic being different. What area of the law is the employee violating?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The employee is violating trademark law because he is using a graphic symbol that is similar to the company's trademark, which can cause confusion among consumers. Copyright law primarily protects original works of authorship, which does not apply in this case since the designs themselves are original to the employee. Printright law and brandmark law are not established legal terms relevant to this scenario.