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Copyright
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PATENT
PATENT
Macleans magazine has brought up the fact that
according to the C.D Institute; there has been a
decline in the number of applications for a patent.
Though pharmaceutical products have sometimes
been seen as a Canadian innovative strength, our
analysis seems to indicate that when Canadians do
contribute to these sectors, their contributions may
be intended for international markets.
PATENT
SOURCES
http://
www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/
eng/wr03716.html?Open&wt_src=cipo-patent-main
http://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/patent-appli
cations-by-canadians-declining-across-the-country
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http://www.canadianbusiness.com/investing/how-patent
-trolls-operate
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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
If you're producing distinctive-looking new products,
you'll want to register your designs. Industrial designs
are product features that appeal to the eye. They can be
a new shape for the hood or fenders of a car, the original
pattern in a woven sweater or all of the visual features of
a computer monitor. A product's visual appeal gives it a
competitive edge, setting it apart from others and
making it the one people will buy. Industrial design
registration gives you exclusive, legally-enforceable
rights for up to 10 years in Canada. Others cannot make
or sell the design without your permission. You can sell
your rights or license others to make, use and sell your
design.
To be eligible for registration, a design must be original,
i.e., not closely resemble a design already registered.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Industrial design is a process of design applied to
products that are to be manufactured through
techniques of mass production. Its key characteristic is
that design is separated from manufacture: the creative
act of determining and defining a product's form takes
place in advance of the physical act of making a
product, which consists purely of repeated, often
automated, replication. This distinguishes industrial
design from craft-based design, where the form of the
product is determined by the product's creator at the
time of its creation.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Industrial designs arent patents. A design protects esthetic,
visual features, explains Hunters colleague, patent agent
Andr Thriault. It can be the shape of a drinking bottle or a
pattern on wallpaper or carpet. A patent is more for protecting
useful features and inventive concepts. Dwelling on this
distinction, the court peered hard into the glasses. Its
September decision noted differences in the interior curves
and proportions. Ignoring the air space (which it deemed
purely functional) the court found Trudeaus glasses have
almost none of the features of Bodums. It also accepted
evidence that double-wall vessels existed as early as the late
1700sthus invalidating Bodums designs.
SOURCES
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.nsf/eng/wr03717.html?Open&wt_src=cipo-id-main
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design
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://www.canadianbusiness.com/companies-and-industrie
s/bodum-glass-design-case-sparks-a-patent-war
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