Intellectual+Property

Haven't we all heard that statement before. Who owns an idea? What is intellectual property? ||
 * __Intellectual Property__**
 * //**"If I had only done something with my idea, I'd be a millionaire today."**//

Intellectual property includes anything produced from an individual’s creativity. In Canada, protection of the rights of the creators of intellectual property is provided via federal statute law. There are four primary areas of intellectual property law:
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 * || Record two or three points to explain the following terms. ||  ||   ||
 * patent ||   ||
 * industrial design ||  ||
 * trade mark ||  ||
 * copyright ||  ||   ||

While the law of contract has developed over time through common law, emerging technologies provide challenges in the application of contract law. Contract law has served as the guide to the allocation of rights in such matters, but public policy and personal beliefs may be in conflict with the law of contract. Record two to three arguments supporting each side of one the following issues:
 * __Issues in Contract Law__**
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 * [[image:http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/law30/clipart/pat/genetics.gif width="73" height="85" caption="genetics"]] || Emerging issues create new challenges for public policy and the application of contract law.

As well, emerging technologies such as facsimile machines and computers now cloud the issue of when a contract offer and acceptance actually occur, along with debate regarding which circumstances should be addressed under the common law of contract, and which circumstances should be addressed through statute law.
 * the sale of human tissue (organs)
 * ownership and patent of seed grains
 * access to health services (public or private clinics)
 * the rights of surrogate parents ||

Is snail mail and signing of contracts in person the only way to go?
 * || [|World Intellectual Property Organization] ||
 * || [|World Intellectual Property Organization] ||