Exam 18: Intellectual Property

Woddington Farms Ltd.has used its name combined with an outline of a rooster on its deli products for the past 20 years but has never registered a trademark.Would Woddington be successful in suing a competitor who attempts to use its name and symbol?

Rosh Pharmaceuticals Corp.is based in Israel but it maintains intellectual property protection of all its drugs with the Canadian Patent Office.What is most likely to be the result if insufficient quantities of Rosh Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s newly patented pancreatic cancer drug are produced to meet demand in Canada?

Which of the following must a work possess in order to attract copyright protection?

What is the most important factor contributing to Roger's review of his organization's strategic information,products,databases,and specialized know-how?

List the factors identified by the Supreme Court of Canada that must be considered with respect to a confusion created by similar trademarks.

Discuss the rights attributable to a registered industrial design.

Identify the elements that determine the patentability of intellectual property,the duration of the patent,and prohibitive elements that an owner of intellectual property should consider,if any.

Which of the following would immediately bar the registration of an industrial design?

A word used in combination with a symbol to distinguish a business as the source of goods is known in intellectual property law as a trade name.

A patent gives the inventor the right to exclude others from making,selling,or using the invention to which the patent relates for a period of 20 years from the date of filing the application.

Which of the following represents a commonality between a business name and trademark or other identifier?

Rupert is discussing the various methods available to his company with respect to a domain name registration that is preventing it from using its trademark as its Internet address with the registrar.What is most likely the cause of this conflict?

How would a trademark applicant demonstrate title to a trademark?

Kyrie enjoys a successful freelance career creating advertisement jingles.What category would the intellectual property being created by Kylie would fall into?

What is the source of a description of a product's manufacturing process with respect to the patent application process?

Which of the following is a connection between trademarks and trade names?

Which of the following strongly supports incurring the expense of having a patent agent search relevant literature for the purposes of establishing novelty?

Sun Power Generation Corp.has applied for the registration of its trademark.The company includes a disclaimer as part of its mark and has noted the disclaimer in the trademark application.Which of the following disclaimers would have the strongest influence on Sun Power's application?

Iberia Industries Inc.conducted some market research and discovered that no Canadian manufacturers or retailers were selling clothing made of cork.Why might Iberia be unsuccessful in patenting its idea of manufacturing clothing from cork?

Fair dealing is a defence to copyright infringement that permits copying for purposes such as private study,research,criticism,review,and education.