Exam 22: Intellectual Property

Features in an industrial design that are solely functional or utilitarian are not protected under the Industrial Design Act.

Section 2 of the Trademarks Act defines a trademark to include a distinguishing guise.

What constitutes infringement of copyright? Would it be an infringement of copyright to only copy two pages of a work that is 100 pages long?

One of the conditions that must be satisfied for a mark to be registered is that the mark must not be clearly descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the character or quality of the wares or services, or their place of origin.

When Mary obtains a patent, she obtains an exclusive property in the invention for a period of

Trademark and copyright are the creation of both the common law and statute.

Explain the notion of a patentable invention.

A mark will only be registered when the applicant provides supporting statements from witnesses that it is the owner of the mark.