Practice question · Sort into groups
Renewable or doomed to expire? Sort each right.
Groups: Renewable indefinitely · Expires for good
- Copyright on a 1950s novel
- Trademark on a century-old logo
- Patent on a drug molecule
- Trademark on a soft-drink name
- Industrial design past its 25th year
Hints
- Ask whether the monopoly is meant to end.
- Only one of these can be kept alive indefinitely by paying fees.
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Renewable indefinitely: Trademark on a soft-drink name, Trademark on a century-old logo
Expires for good: Patent on a drug molecule, Copyright on a 1950s novel, Industrial design past its 25th year
Why
Only trademarks are immortal (with fees): distinctiveness never stops being useful. Monopolies on inventions, works, and looks are deliberately temporary, society’s repayment date.
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