If you had registered a patent and a design, for how long would registration protect you, and what remedies would you have if someone infringed your rights?

Jane's father has died. He left her by his will the copyright in a very successful novel which he wrote five years before his death.

For how long will the publishers pay royalties to Jane?

Distinguish a trade mark from a service mark. How are trade and service marks protected?

Bob and Jane run a newsagents' shop. They have just acquired a computer to help them run the business more efficiently. They anticipate that they will use the computer for the following purposes: stock control, calculating the wages of their paper-boys and girls and customer records.

Will Bob and Jane need to register under the DPA 1998? If they are required to register, what will their obligations be under the DPA 1998?

Wharf Ltd occupies office premises in the High Street. Next to the office premises is a parking space for ten cars. The parking space is on land owned by Canary Ltd, which has office premises adjacent to it. For some 30 years the managing director and finance director of Wharf Ltd and their predecessors have used two parking spaces reserved for them. Now Canary Ltd, whose staff have used the other eight spaces, has increased its staff and proposes to take over the two spaces used by Wharf staff.

As company secretary to Wharf Ltd you have looked at the documents of title Wharf has to its premises and discover that there is no specific mention of the car parking right on Canary's land. Advise the board of Wharf Ltd as to the company's position in law and, in particular, whether it is likely to be able to retain this right to park for the future.