Using the Canadian Intellectual Property Office Website Service Ontario (Services for Businesses website) http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/home

1. On top of Uber's self driving car killing a pedestrian during testing . .Uber had to pay out $245 million dollars as their engineer stole trade secrets in the design while employed by Google.

A.What would be the advantage of Uber keeping their self-driving technology a trade secret over a patent (see patents - Protecting your Innovation) Explain.?

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr04318.html (Trade Secrets - not easy to find on the home page)

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B. Listtwo benefits of a patent over a trade secret?

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2.With regard to copyright (see the "copyright guide").

A -What is meant by posthumous works?

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B-What is the difference between making an assignment of your copyright vs. licensing your copyright?

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3.With regard to trademarks (see "The Guide to Trademarks" :

A.Give two examples of something that cannot be trademarked:

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B.What is meant by a trademark going generic and give TWO REAL life every day examples of products that you use that have gone generic. (ie the zipper is a trademark of a slide fastener)

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4.What is the difference between a Trade NAME vs. a TrademarkGive one REAL life example (not a made up example from the website) for each.

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Example Trade name:

Example Trademark: