Unit 4 - Chapter 18

Question 1

_____ property is one of the most, if not the most, valuable assests of any business

Answer 1

intellectual

Question 2

A ___ is a monopoly to make, use or sell and invention

Answer 2

patent

Question 3

In Canada Attorney General vs. Amazon.com Inc, this decision affirms that there is no legal rationale for excluding business methods from _____ protection

Answer 3

patent

Question 4

Patent application is usually prepared by a ___ ___, a professional trained in patent law and practice…

Answer 4

patent agent

Question 5

____ are the exclusive rights of the patent holder

Answer 5

claims

Question 6

____ is a word, symbol, design, or any combination of these used to distinguish the source of goods or services

Answer 6

Trademark

–> indicates the source of the goods or services and gives the owner exclusive rights to use the trademark

Question 7

A _____ ___ is the name under which a business is carried on.

Answer 7

trade name

-> protected under trademark law and allow customers to distinguish goods based on their source

Question 8

Unregistered trademarks are often referred to as ____ ___ trademarks

Answer 8

common law

Question 9

____ is the bad faith practice of registering trademarks or trade names of others as domain names for the purpose of selling the domain name to the rightful owner or preventing the rightful owner from obtaining the domain name

Answer 9

cyber-squatting

Question 10

the ___ person who uses or makes the trademark known in Canada is entitled to trademark registration

Answer 10

first

Question 11

Registration for trademark: provides protection across Canada for ___ year

Answer 11

15

–> can be renewed for further 15-year terms as long as the renewal fee is paid and the trademark continues in use

Question 12

(R)

Answer 12

registered trademark

Question 13

TM

Answer 13

unregistered trademark

Question 14

___ is the right to prevent others from copying or modifying certain works

Answer 14

copyright

Question 15

____ applies to literary works, dramatic works, musical works, artistic works

Answer 15

copyright

Question 16

_____ means work must be presented in some fixed form, such as paper or diskette

Answer 16

fixation

Question 17

Copyright protection is generally for the life of the author or composer plus __ years

Answer 17

50

Question 18

right to reproduce the work or a substantial part of it in any material form

Answer 18

reproduction

Question 19

right to perform the work or a substantial part of it

Answer 19

public performance

Question 20

right, if the work is unpublished, to publish the work

Answer 20

publication

Question 21

right to produce, reproduce, perform, or publish any translation of the work

Answer 21

translation

Question 22

right to convert to other formats

Answer 22

adaptation

Question 23

right to make sound recordings or cinematographic recordings

Answer 23

mechanical reproduction

Question 24

right to reproduce, adapt, and publicly present the work by filming or videotaping

Answer 24

cinematographic presentation

Question 25

right to communicate the work to the public by telecommunication

Answer 25

communication

Question 26

right to present in public, for purposes other than sale or hire

Answer 26

exhibition

Question 27

____ is infringed when anyone does, without consent of the owner, anything only the owner can do

Answer 27

copyright

Question 28

Enforcement of rights is problematic, particularly the collection of fees and royalties for the use of copyrighted works. These problems are addressed by provisions of the ___ Act

Answer 28

Copyright

Question 29

The author or a work has what is known as ____ rights; the author’s rights to have work properly attributed and not prejudicially modified or associated with products

Answer 29

moral

Question 30

____ ____ permits the copying of works for the purpose of private study, research, criticism, or review

Answer 30

fair dealing

Question 31

____ business information provides a business advantage as a result of the fact that it is kept a secret

Answer 31

confidential

–> generally info that is used in a business or commercial context and is private or secret

Question 32

____ is the voluntary transfer or ownership rights in intellectual property

Answer 32

assignment

Question 33

____ is consent given by the owner using the intellectual property for a specific purpose that can normally be done only by the owner

Answer 33

Licence

–> with a licence, no ownership rights are conferred upon the licensee