Glossary R - S
R
- Registered patent agent
- A registered patent agent is a person whose name is entered on CIPO's list of patent agents and who is therefore entitled to practice before the Patent Office.
- Registered trade-mark agent
- A registered trade-mark agent is a person whose name is entered on CIPO's list of trade-mark agents and who is therefore entitled to practice before the Trade-marks Office.
- Registration
- The granting of formal recognition of a trade-mark, copyright, industrial design, or integrated circuit topography by the Trade-marks, Copyrights, Industrial Designs and Integrated Circuit Topographies Office respectively.
- Rejected
- If the applicant fails to satisfy the requirements set out by the Canadian Patent Act, the application is refused.
- Reinstatement
- An abandoned application may be reactivated under certain conditions.
- Reverse Engineering
- The process of analyzing existing products or processes in order to redesign or reproduce them.
- Royalties
- A sum paid to intellectual property owners in exchange for doing acts that are otherwise considered infringement.
S
- Search engine
- An automated tool that provides a method of searching vast amounts of information.
- SME (Small and medium-sized enterprise)
- In general, a firm employing fewer that 500 people may be considered a SME.
- Statement of opposition (trade-marks)
- A statement whereby the public may object to the trade-mark registration if they have valid grounds for doing so.
