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What is the maximum duration of protection for a patent from the date of filing?
What is the maximum duration of protection for a patent from the date of filing?
Which option describes a situation where no disclosure is required?
Which option describes a situation where no disclosure is required?
Which of the following durations applies to trademarks?
Which of the following durations applies to trademarks?
What is the grace period for filing a patent after public disclosure?
What is the grace period for filing a patent after public disclosure?
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What is a critical consideration for patents, trademarks, and industrial designs regarding international protection?
What is a critical consideration for patents, trademarks, and industrial designs regarding international protection?
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What is protected under patent law in Canada?
What is protected under patent law in Canada?
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Which of the following is NOT covered by copyright law?
Which of the following is NOT covered by copyright law?
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Which intellectual property type would cover the shape of a product?
Which intellectual property type would cover the shape of a product?
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What do trademarks specifically protect?
What do trademarks specifically protect?
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Which of the following is a characteristic of trade secret protection?
Which of the following is a characteristic of trade secret protection?
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Which type of intellectual property would cover the recipe for a new dish?
Which type of intellectual property would cover the recipe for a new dish?
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Which of the following protects the design, taste, and texture of a product?
Which of the following protects the design, taste, and texture of a product?
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What rights does a patent holder have regarding their invention?
What rights does a patent holder have regarding their invention?
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Study Notes
Intellectual Property in Canada
- Patents: Protect new, useful, and non-obvious inventions (e.g., product, process, machine, chemical composition, use).
- Patents Duration: Up to 20 years from the filing date.
- Patents Rights: Exclude others from using, making, or selling the invention.
- Patents Disclosure Grace Period: 12 months.
- Trade Secrets: Protect confidential business information (e.g., invention, business method, manufacturing process).
- Trade Secrets Duration: As long as confidentiality is maintained.
- Trade Secret Rights: No formal rights, but contractual obligations may exist.
- Industrial Designs: Protect the visual aspects, including shape, configuration, pattern or ornament of a product.
- Industrial Design Duration: Up to 15 years from the filing date.
- Industrial Design Rights: Exclude others from making, using, selling or importing something that uses the design.
- Trademarks: Protect sources of goods or services, including words, designs, taste, texture, moving images, modes of packaging, holograms, sounds, scent, 3-dimensional shapes, or colours (combinations).
- Trademark Duration: 10 years (renewable).
- Trademark Rights: Prevent others from using the trademark.
- Copyright: Protects original literary, artistic, musical, or dramatic works (e.g., software, sound recordings, photographs, paintings, web content, communication signals).
- Copyright Duration: Life of creator + 70 years (in general).
- Copyright Rights: Prevent others from reproducing the original work.
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Test your knowledge on Intellectual Property laws in Canada, covering topics such as patents, trade secrets, industrial designs, and trademarks. Understand the rights and durations associated with each category and their importance in protecting innovations. Join the quiz to learn more about these critical legal concepts.
