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Intellectual Property
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WTO Agreements
About 30 Agreements
◦ Goods
◦ Services
◦ Intellectual Property
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Did you know?
90%
of patents are for
improvements
to existing patented inventions
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Industrial
designs
The visual features of shape,
configuration, pattern or ornament (or any
combination of these features) applied to a
finished article made by hand, tool or machine.
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Features that appeal
to the eye
• Design must
be original
• Can be two- or
three-dimensional
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Designs
Designs, such as those featured
in these products, are known
for their visual appeal.
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The Canadian
IP system at a glance
Integrated
Industrial Circuit
Patents Trade-marks Copyrights designs Topographies
Term Up to 20 years Renewable Generally life Up to 10 years 10 years
after filing 15-year period plus 50 years
Protection Apply nationally Apply nationally Automatic, apply Apply nationally Apply nationally
internationally
(but registration
can be sought in
Canada)
Protects against Use, sale, Use Copying, Manufacture, Use, sale,
manufacture reproducing sale, rent or manufacture
importation
What is Inventions Identity of your Original literary, Visual Original
protected products and artistic, musical appearance of a integrated circuit
services: words, and dramatic product: layout designs
symbols and works, and other ornamentation,
designs subject matters: shape, pattern,
sound recordings, configuration
performances,
communication
signals
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of doing
Benefits IP searches
• Identify trends and new developments
• Generate new ideas
• Gain competitive intelligence
• License new products
• Solve technical problems
• Identify manufacturing partners
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