Laws Governing Intellectual Property rights

Made By Amna Ashraf Chohan

Types of works protected• Literary Song lyrics manuals commercial documents, newsletters

Literary Manuscripts Computer programs

leaflets, articles

Dramatics

Plays Dances

Musical

Recordings Scores

Artistic Photography Paintings

Sculptures Architectures

Artistic Maps Logos

Magazines/Periodicals

Sound Recordings Musical Literary

Scores

Film Video Footage Films

Broadcast/Cable Programs

When do The Rights Occur

• Automatically, whenever a work is created• But for Qualification these must be present it should Be Original exhibit degree of labour, skill and Judgement

Who Owns a Piece of work?

Any one who has created the work is the owner BUT if created under the part of employment Employer Company will be the owner

Can Copyrights Exchange Hands?

YES Like any other free assets, copyrights can be sold or transferred by the owner

Duration of Copyrights

For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works

70 years from the end of the calendar year the writer or producer died (in case of collective work the last living shall be considered)

Sound Recordings and broadcasts

50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was created and released

Films

70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last principal director, author or composer dies.

Typographical arrangement of published editions

25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published.

Broadcasts and cable programs

50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was

made.

Restricted acts

• Copy the work.• Rent, lend or issue copies of the work to the

public.• Perform, broadcast or show the work in public.• Adapt the work.

Infringement

Violation of the intellectual property rights is called infringement

Punishments in case of InfringementThe punishments vary from country to countryIn USA• The legal penalties for copyright infringement are:• Infringer pays the actual dollar amount of damages and

profits.• The law provides a range from $200 to $150,000 for each

work infringed.• Infringer pays for all attorneys fees and court costs.• The Court can issue an injunction to stop the infringing

acts.• The Court can impound the illegal works.• The infringer can go to jail.

World Intellectual Property Day

26 April Established by World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) to "raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and

designs impact on daily life“

New Theme Each Year

This Year the theme is going to be Movies – A Global Passion

Acknowledgements

• en.wikipedia.org• wipo.int• google.com.pk• All pictures have been taken from google

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