LAW 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Aboriginal Title, Air Canada, Property Law
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Includes things attached to land: buildings, resources beneath the land (i. e. minerals, smartphone - personal property . Tangible items: iphone, computer or watch. Intangible property interests: shares in a corporation. Gives you rights such as the right to vote for directors or share pro ts of the corporation: intellectual property. Copyright: right to copy the good or reproduce the work remains with the creator as soon as it is created. Does not need to be registered in order to be enforceable. Protection lasts life of creator + 50 years. Trademarks: word or symbol that distinguishes the goods or services of a business, person or organization (tm, must be registered to have exclusive right to use the trademark. This right lasts 15 years and is renewable. Patents: rights that are granted by the government to an inventor to prevent others from using the invention without the owner"s consent. Protected for up to 20 years after ling application with patent of ce.
