14 Interlectual

Which of the following intellectual property rights would be used to protect the content  of the new Harry Potter novel?

• A)    Personality rights

• B)    Patent

• C)    Confidential Information

• D)    Trade Mark

• E)    Copyright

Amy Lebrun has thought of a new franchise for bookkeeping systems. She wants to get legal protection for her franchise. Which of the following is the appropriate one?

• A)    Copyright

• B)    Patent

• C)     Industrial design

• D)    Personality rights

• E)     None of the above

Richard Donevagh was a professional photographer on the staff of Magic Photo Inc. Sharon Rock, a famous movie star, hired Magic Photo to take the photos at her wedding. Richard was assigned to the task. Sharon was pleased with the photos and has them in her album. A year later, Richard published a book of his works including one of the photos of Sharon’s wedding because it was an award winning photo. What is the name for the area of law involved?

• A)    Trade mark

• B)    Patents

• C)     Personality rights

• D)    Copyright

• E)     Torts

Which of the following is a breach of the copyright?

• A)    An English teacher makes 40 copies of a poem from a book to hand out to his class for discussion.

• B)     A history teacher shows her class of 100 students a video of Saving Private Ryan.

• C)     A historian makes notes of a book in the library amounting to copying nearly 80% of the book contents.

• D)    A history teacher shows her class of 100 students a video of Saving Private Ryan. Twenty teachers also attend and pay the history teacher five dollars each.

• E)     Both C and D

Which of the following can be registered as an industrial design?

• A)    A new board game

• B)    The design of a boat hull for a new line of boats to be sold across Canada

• C)     The design on a painting

• D)    Both A and B

• E)     All of the above

Which of the following qualities does an invention not need to have in order to be patented?

• A)    Ingenuity

• B)    Utility

• C)     Novelty

• D)    Complexity

• E)     It requires all of the above

Nia Cacoyannis has designed a wallpaper pattern. It has not yet gone into production, although she has shown it to the representatives of three companies which manufacture wallpaper. Which of the following is true?

• A)    The pattern cannot be registered as an industrial design because it is useful, not just ornamental.

• B)    The pattern can be registered as an industrial design, copyrighted, or both

• C)     If registered as an industrial design, no one can copy it without Nia’s permission for a maximum of five years.

• D)    Nia has one year to complete registration of the pattern as an industrial design.

• E)     None of the above

              If you were to make the following applications for a trade mark today, which of them would be refused?

• A)    An “M” in the shape of two large golden arches.

• B)    “Cold Relief”, for a cold remedy

• C)     “Jean Chretien” tires

• D)    Both A and B

• E)     All of the above