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Communications Technology
Intellectual Properties
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Poems Theses Plays Books Radio Drawings Photographs Movies Software
Television Broadcasts Video Recording Other Literary Works Paintings Musical Compositions Choreographic Works Sculptures Industrial Designs Audio Recording
How are these things alike?
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Intellectual Property
These are all works of an individual's mind or intellect
They are intellectual properties Intellectual property are protected
like any other form of property Copyright laws protect the rights of
the authors, inventors and other stakeholders
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Copyright
Copyright is the exclusive right to copy a creative work. This includes: Publishing Producing Reproducing Performing in public Communicating by telecommunication Translating and in some cases, to rental of the work
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Copyright
The symbol for copyright is
©
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Copyright
Early copyright law aimed to protect the economic interests of book publishers not the intellectual rights of authors
Modern copyright law protects the labour of elaborating an idea, but not the idea itself
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Copyright
Copyright DOES NOT cover the actual Idea Concepts Facts Styles Techniques
which may be embodied in or represented by the work
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Copyright
Copyright for Mickey Mouse cartoon prohibits unauthorized parties from Distributing copies of the cartoon Creating derivative works which copy
or mimic Disney's particular anthropomorphic mouse
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Copyright
This does not prohibit the creation of artistic works about anthropomorphic mice in general, so long as they are sufficiently different to not be imitative of the original
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Patent
Patents cover new inventions or any new and useful improvement of an existing invention
Cost is $5000-10,000
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Patent
Only 20% of patents ever make it to the marketplace
95% of patents are for improvements to existing products
DNA?
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Trademark
Trademarks can be comprised of a Name Word Image Photograph
Logo Symbol Design Phrase
Or any combination of these elements
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Trademark
A trademark is a legal registered distinctive sign for a Business Products Services
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Trademark
Non-conventional trademarks can be visible signs or
Colours Shapes Moving Images Holograms Positions
non-visible signs Sounds Scents Tastes Textures
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Industrial Design Rights
An industrial design right protects the form of appearance, style or design of an industrial object Spare parts Furniture Textiles
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Trade Secret
A trade secret is secret Non-public information concerning
the commercial practices or proprietary knowledge of a business, public disclosure of which may sometimes be illegal
WHMIS?
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The Big Picture
In 1970 The World Intellectual Property Organization began to promote the global protection of both copyrighted materials and industrial property
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The Big Picture
The World Trade Organization (WTO) requires members to establish and enforce minimum levels of copyright, patent, and trademark protection within their jurisdictions
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Why is this Important?
There is ongoing debate as to whether IP laws truly operate to confer the stated public benefits, and whether the protection they are said to provide is appropriate in the context of innovation derived from such things as traditional knowledge and folklore, and patents for software and business methods.
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Why is this Important?
There is ongoing debate as to whether IP laws truly operate to confer the stated public benefits, and whether the protection they are said to provide is appropriate in the context of innovation derived from such things as traditional knowledge and folklore, and patents for software and business methods.
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Creative Commons
The Creative Commons is a non-profit organization expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share
Creative Commons licenses restrict only certain rights or none at all
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Creative Commons
The symbol for a Creative Commons copyright is
