Patents, industrial designs, trademarks, copyright and trade secrets are 5 intellectual assets in Canada.

The patent is a bundle of rights to make, use, sell, and market an “invention” which is granted by the government to the inventor.

Industrial designs  are about how things look. They are the visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament, or any combination of these features, applied to a finished article.

Trademarks are used to distinguish between products and make them unique. It is one or a combination of words, sounds or designs used to distinguish the goods or services of one person or organization from those of others.

Copyright provides protection for literary, artistic, dramatic or musical works and other subject-matters. It gives u right to copy a work.

Trade secrets include any valuable business information that derives its value from the secrecy.

 

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Different licensing types

 Attribution does  require attribution of the original author

  Non – Commercial allows to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make derivative       works and remixes for non-commercial purposes.

 Share Alike allows to make changes and share the modified version of it.

  No Derivatives  any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed or adapted.