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Intellectual Property Knowledge Quizz test

Through 10 brief questions, it is easy to assess the overall knowledge on Intellectual Property.

Multiple choice questions and the possibility to analyze where you missed might help you consolidate your own knowledge.

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO PROTECT INNOVATION AND NEW PRODUCTS THROUGH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS?

Because it is advantageous from a commercial point of view, transmitting security to the market, and allowing for a more economical publicity.

Because it is the only way to apply for community funding.

Because it confers the exclusivity in the commercialization and is the only way to prevent third parties from copying your creative initiatives.

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INCLUDE:

Inventions, utility models, designs, distinctive trade signs, such as trademarks and logotypes.

Intellectual Property rights, such as copyright.

All mechanisms that prevent unfair competition.

AN INNOVATIVE DEVICE HAS BEEN INVENTED. IT MAY ONLY BE PROTECTED BY PATENT IF:

It is new, it involves an inventive step and are susceptible of industrial application.

It is new and has a certificate attesting the invention.

It is new, has a report on the Prior Art and are susceptible of industrial application.

WHEN A PATENT IS GRANTED CAN A MONOPOLY POLICY BE ESTABLISHED IN THE MARKET?

Never, because the patent publication exposes the invention to any company.

It can for an undetermined period of time, provided that all annuities are paid.

It can, for the duration of 20 years, if industrial and commercial capacity exist, and provided that all annuities are paid.

A TRADEMARK WAS FILED IN THE PORTUGUESE PTO BUT AFTER A FEW WEEKS, A THIRD PARTY HAS OPPOSED THE APPLICATION. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

Nothing, the filed application will automatically be refused.

You should file a reply to the opposition.

You should file for the withdrawal of the application in order to not infringe third parties rights.

WHY ARE TRADEMARKS CATEGORIZED IN DIFFERENT CLASSES?

To improve administrative organization.

To prevent companies that operate in a certain market to register trademarks that are not adapted to their activity.

To group trademarks in commercial categories in order to limit its protection to the chosen scope of protection.

WHAT IS THE DURATION IN MARKET OF A REGISTERED TRADEMARK?

Forever, provided it is renewed every 10 years.

It has the duration of 20 years, renewable at 10 years from its date of registration.

It can exist during the period in which its product or service is commercialized, extended by 10 years.

A KITCHEN APPLIANCE WAS CREATED, BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO FILE FOR ITS PATENTE. HOW CAN I PROTECT THE EXCLUSIVITY OF THIS PRODUCT?

If I cannot patent it, I should not try to obtain its exclusive use.

I should begin production and commercialization without protection.

I can protect the product through design.

PATENT AND TRADEMARKS CAN BE EVALUATED AS AN ASSET?

No, they are intangible assets.

Yes, they are subject to evaluation and commercialization, and can also be included in the financial sheets as any other asset belonging to the same owner.

Yes, and they also be commercialized, but do not have a value by itself.

HOW CAN I PROTECT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS WHEN EXPORTING?

When exporting, the industrial property rights have to be protected in the target jurisdictions.

If the company is Portuguese, the rights only have to be registered in Portugal in order for its protection to extend worldwide.

If you only export to the European Union, community directives define that the registrations in Portugal extend throughout all the European Union territory.

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