ADMS 2610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Trade Secret, Revamp, Canadian Tire

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2610
• Professor: Alex Browning

Document Summary

Adms 2610 ch 26 intellectual property, patents, trademarks, copyright, franchising. Introduction: patent, exclusive right granted to inventor of something new, different to produce invention for period of 20 years in return for disclosure of invention to public. New not invented before or new improvements: must not have been disclosed before patent, cannot patent if 1 year pass after disclose, 2. Useful not mere idea, actually works: can be reproduced (cid:271)(cid:455) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:862)skilled in art(cid:863, 3. Personal audio sued adam carolla for infringing their patent: episodic content that can be downloaded from specific url, patent on cassette updated and extended to podcast, patent procedure, concept. Issued patents may cover part/all of invention: may make invention not patentable, application. If no prior art, then apply for patent. Issuing fee & annual fee: foreign patent protection, paris convention (1883, treaty whereby signatory states recognize patents in other member states.