Question

Match each creation with the type of legal protection that covers it. Patent Copyright Trademark Trade secret Answer Bank a new fish tank cleaning device a new play called The Secret Sauce a recipe for really good baked beans told only to the family dog a compelling new cartoon character video game code hidden in an underground vault a hit song a particularly catchy name for a product

Answer 1

A business can innovate its products or can introduce new products in the market. It could invest a lot of resources such as financial capital or human capital into that innovation. It could either introduce a new product such as device or it could invent a completely new process to manufacture it then the company should have a protection from cheap or fake imitations. This is called as intellectual property rights and they are protected by various types such as patent, copyrights or trademark.
The protection varies with the product, process.

Patent - Patent is an exclusive right granted by the government to produce a product by the company which has carried out the invention. It is generally set for 15 years.
a) A new fish tank cleaning device

Copyright - Copyright gives the creator an exclusive right to use that product or sell such as a book or song.
It is generally valid for 75 years.
a) A new play called a Secret Sauce
b) A hit Song
c) A compelling new cartoon character

Trademark - Trademark is the sign or description used for that product or company which easily attached the consumer to that company or a product.
a) A particularly catchy name for a product

Trade Secret - A trade secret is the process of manufacturing or producing a product which is a completely internal knowledge and not disclosed to outside people.
a) A recipe for baked beans only told to family dog
b) A video game code hidden in underground vault