Based on your reading of the Business Law Textbook and course notes, identify the FALSE statement concerning intellectual property.

Select one:

a. When an industrial design is registered, it gives protection for a period of 5 years, but if a maintenance fee is paid, protection can be renewed for a further 5 years.

b. When a trademark is registered, it gives protection for 15 years.

c. When copyright is registered, you receive a certificate issued by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office that can be used in court as evidence that you own it.

d. A patent lasts for 20 years from the date that the applicant files it.