Title: Other Types of IP

*Updated: January 2024
Learning Objectives:

- Understand the relationship between copyright and other intellectual property
- Identify where a copyright issue or concern may also involve trademark, patent or industrial design issues
- List the types of intellectual property protection in Canada

Definition of "sui generis"
Sui generis is latin for "of its own kind," or "unique." It's also the name of an Argentinian folk-rock band formed in the 1970s.

Which of the following types of IP is not sui generis?

Q: Which of the following types of IP is not sui generis?
- Industrial Design Protection (correct)
- Plant Variety Protection
- Geographical Indicators
- Database Protection

Trademarks are different from patent and copyrights because trademarks protect reputation, while patents and copyrights:

Q: Trademarks are different from patents and copyrights because trademarks protect reputation, while patents and copyrights:
- Haven’t been heavily exploited by Amazon
- Are an incentive for the distribution of works (correct)
- Are the poor cousins of the IP family
- Only protect the reputations of celebrities

Section 64 of the Copyright Act, which describes the relationship between copyrights and industrial designs, is:

Q: Section 64 of the Copyright Act, which describes the relationship between copyright and industrial design:
- Is clear, well written, concise and engaging
- Allows people to make up to 50,000 copies of an item without implicating industrial design protection concerns
- Allows people to make up to 50 copies of an item without implicating industrial design protection concerns (correct)

Patent and copyright protections and concerns may overlap with regard to:

Q: Patent and copyright protections and concerns may overlap with regard to:
- Software, specifically business methods embodied in software processes (correct)
- Copying of genetic information
- Protecting dramatic works
- Leather shoes

Choose the correct statement.

Credits: Other Types of IP; by University of Alberta; 2019; licence CC BY 4.0