Binni Has Developed a New Computer Program Related to the Travel

question 45

Multiple Choice

Binni has developed a new computer program related to the travel industry that allows client to "pilot" their own aircraft and touchdown in whatever vacation spots they wish to preview before deciding on their actual holiday plans. Binni's intention is to introduce it through her travel agency in Canada and thereafter to license it to various agencies in the United States. Which of the following is true?

• A)Binni's cannot obtain patent protection in Canada but can register this program under the Industrial Design Act.
• B)Binni's only protection would be to register the program under the Integrated Circuits Topography Act as the program involves three-dimensional images of topographical land forms.
• C)Binni should contact a U.S. patent attorney to consider protecting the program under a U.S. software patent.
• D)Binni's protection for the computer program under the Copyright Act would be for 50 years from the date it becomes known to the public.
• E)Both A and C

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