Exam 22: Intellectual Property

Len is a lawyer employed by a law firm. He has prepared a 3 page legal opinion for a client. The contract with the client does not allocate ownership of the legal opinion. The legal opinion that Len has produced belongs to:

Which of the following is not a form of intellectual property that is recognized in Canadian law?

What is a patent?

Which of the following is not a feature of an industrial design that is protected under the Industrial Design Act?

Which of the following is not included in the definition of a trademark under the Trademarks Act?

Jack starts a music store called MusicHill. The store specializes in hiphop and other popular music for teenagers. Later, Mary also sets up her own music store and calls it Musichills. To protect his trademark, Jack may

Which of the following is not a basic right of an owner of copyright?

A trademark does not have to be registered to be protected.

Explain the notion of fair dealing in copyright law.

Mary makes a photocopy of a textbook she is required to review for a class. Which of the following is true?

What is an industrial design?

Generally, a work is protected by copyright

Jack determines that there are several stores in Toronto selling pirated copies of his popular CD called Songs of Love. Jack's remedies are

The feature that is common to trademarks, copyright, patents and industrial design is that

Which of the following is not a moral right?

A trademark registration is valid for

Cory invents and produces a new soft drink that he markets in distinctive containers. He could protect ownership of his product through:

Trademarks are protected at common law

Explain why an inventor might prefer to protect an invention by way of trade secret rather than applying for a patent.

The only features of an industrial design that are protected under the Industrial Design Act, are features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament, and combinations of these, that are appealing to the eye and judged in that regard only.