An Introduction to Intellectual Property (IP) (Page 3 of 10)
An Introduction to Intellectual Property (IP)
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Patents
New inventions or any new and useful improvement of an existing invention
- Novel: must be new, first in the world
- Useful: functional and operative
- Inventive: must show ingenuity and must not be obvious to someone of average skill in the field of invention
What Can You Patent?
Using a door lock as an example:
Car door lock
Patent number : CA 2590356
Filed by Zygmunt Dziwak in 2007
- A Product: a door lock
- A Composition: a chemical composition used in lubricants for door locks
- An Apparatus: a machine for making door locks
- A Process: a method for making door locks
… or an improvement on any of these
Did You Know That:
90% of patents are for improvements to existing patented inventions
Find three improvements
- Cheese (the plastic smells like cheese)
- The spring is longer
- Hook at the end of the arm
Famous Canadian patents: Snowmobile
"Some day, I will invent a little machine that will glide over the snow and will even allow me to go up hills."
J.Armand Bombardier
© Musée J. Armand Bombardier
The SKI-DOO ® snowmobile has made tracks since J.Armand Bombardier registered his first patent in 1937. Bombardier Recreational Products now has manufacturing facilities in six countries on three continents and the company's products are sold in more than 80 countries worldwide!
Patent application no. 367104
Registered June 29, 1937
Ontarian Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone — the genesis of Bell Canada, originally founded in 1880 as the Bell Telephone Company of Canada Ltd
Alexander Graham Bell