Question 1

a)

What is the commonality shared among the emblems of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial flags, and anything suggesting a connection with a recently deceased individual?

1. Public confusion relating to a trade name.
2. Prohibited scandalous use of a trade name.
3. Public authority to use official marks.
4. Prohibition of use in registered trademarks.

b)

How does confidential business information come to justify the protection of the law?

1. By efforts to keep it secret.
2. By registration.
3. By fixation.
4. By use.

c)

The trademark office has included EcoGrow Corp.'s trademark in its journal publication. Which statement best describes the outcome of this inclusion?

1. EcoGrow Corp. will now have exclusive right to use the trademark.
2. EcoGrow Corp. will now have priority to use the trademark over prior users of the trademark.
3. The trademark application can still be opposed by a member of the public who claims prior use.
4. All of the procedures necessary to complete the registration process have been satisfie

d)

With which of the following is the phrase "do what it purports to do and has functionality" synonymous with respect to intellectual property law?

1. The need to establish utility for patentability.
2. The need to establish utility for trademark approval.
3. The need for novelty for trademark registration.
4. The need for commercial value for patentability.

e)

Which, of the following, is not excluded from being patentable.

1. Things that do not meet the definition of a patent.
2. Things receiving protection under other areas of the law.
3. Things that are an improvement on a patented invention.
4. Things not patentable for policy reasons.