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STAGE SIX
Legal Considerations
Learning Objectives
LO1 Describe the different business structures for starting your business.
LO2 Choose a name for your business.
LO3 Identify the business licenses you may need when starting your business.
LO4 Explain the importance of having mentors, a board of directors, or an advisory board.
LO5 Protect your intellectual property.
Chapter Walkthrough
Headings Assets
Opening Profile: A Good Partner
Organizing Your Business [LO1] - Figure 6.1, Organize Your Business
Individual or Sole Proprietorship - EIA, Everything I wish I Knew Running A
Sole Proprietor Business
o Advantages of Sole Proprietorship
o Disadvantages of Sole Proprietorship
Partnership - FYI, Tips for a Successful Partnership
- EIA, Rules of Engagement
- Other Considerations, Contents of a
Typical Partnership Agreement
- Other Considerations, Contents of a
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Case in Sweden
- EIA, How i4i Took on Microsoft and Won
- EIA, Early Trademark Initiatives Can Trump
Brand Trouble Later
- FYI, The Greatest Canadian Inventions
o Registering Your Trademark - Figure 6.6, Application for a Trademark in
Canada
o Obtaining Copyright - View an Application for Registration of a
Copyright in a Work online in Connect.
o Registering Your Industrial Design - FYI, Company Collects Data on Millions of
Illegal Downloaders in First Step to Crack
Down on Piracy in Canada
- Bodium Fights for Industrial Design
Through a Glass, Doubled
o Protecting Integrated Circuit Topographies - Figure 6.9, Application for Registration of
an Integrated Circuit Topography
Use of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
Trade Secrets -
For More Information on Intellectual Property
Conclusion - Table 6.2, Information about Protection of
Intellectual Property in Canada
- FYI, Untitled
1. Most small businesses start as sole proprietors. After learning about the different business
structures will you incorporate?
2. If you have decided to go into a partnership with someone will you put a shareholder agreement
in place?
3. If you want to trademark your product, would you trademark it outside of Canada too?
Additional Resources
Business Structures- Real World Entrepreneur Training Videos
Partnership Agreements- Real World Entrepreneur Training Videos
Intellectual Property Case Studies
The IP Case Studies are teaching tools that demonstrate the strategic value of IP to college and
university students. Since the launch of the IP Case Studies project in September 2009, CIPO has
successfully delivered sessions at more than 70 post-secondary institutions across Canada.
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Canadian Intellectual Property Law for Dummies. Available free of charge from Miltons IP.
Videos on intellectual property also from Miltons IP
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Instructor’s Manual The Instructor’s Manual, prepared by the author, Wendy Mayhew, includes a wealth of
information to assist instructors in presenting this text and their course to its best advantage.
Computerized Test Bank Created by Sandra Wellman, Seneca College, this flexible and easy-to-use electronic
testing program allows instructors to create tests from book-specific items. The Test Bank contains a broad
selection of multiple choice and true/false questions. Instructors may add their own questions as well as edit
existing questions. Each question identifies the learning objective, eBook reference, difficulty level, and feedback,
and is tagged for Connect Insight data analysis. Multiple versions of the test can be created and printed.
Microsoft Powerpoint Presentations Prepared by Sandra Wellman, Seneca College, this complete set of
PowerPoint Presentation slides is provided for each chapter. The presentations are based around course learning
objectives and include many of the figures and tables from the tenth edition textbook as well as some additional
slides that support and expand the text discussions. Slides can be modified by instructors.
Interactive Worksheets and Activities These interactive worksheets and activities help students analyze the
financial aspects of their new business ideas and assess their potential as an entrepreneur. Templates are provided
to facilitate preparation of financial statements required for their feasibility study and their overall business plan
preparation.
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