Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter 18: CHP 18 (Intellectual Property)

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Desmond Mc Keon

Document Summary

Patents: patent monopoly to make/use/sell an invention statutory right. Exclusions from patent protection: exclusions or exceptions to what may be patented include, things that receive exclusive protection under other areas of the law. Computer programs (software) not patentable for already being under copyright. Computerized method for controlling or operation could be patented: things that do not meet the definition of a patent. Scientific principles, natural phenomena, abstract theorems (discoveries: things that are for policy reasons not patentable. Methods of medical treatment nor illicit objects. Industrial design act provides protection for appearance of mass-produced useful objects. Industrial design must be novel and disclosure or use of design or its articles is a bar to registration unless it was within the year prior to filing the application. Industrial design registration lasts for 10 years: not mandatory to mark the design to indicate that it is registered doing so enhances owner"s rights in infringement action.