Archive for category Intellectual Property Law
Tips for Protect Intellectual Property
Posted by admin in intellectual property, Intellectual Property Law on March 30, 2011
General opinion and first thought that comes to a mind when it’s about IP are artistic works, scientific patents and similar. That’s a big mistake. Your Intellectual Property are all information, resorts you have used and products of your work. We are talking about customer lists, business processes, publications, trademarks, etc during and after your employment with the company. These items are considered Intellectual Property and proprietary information.
Intellectual property serves to protect company assets and prevent exploitation by others.
The licensing of intellectual property has become a multi-billion dollar industry. As a result, business owners and individuals are looking for ways to preserve and maximize the value of their ideas, inventions, artistic creations and other forms of intellectual property. So if you are starting a small business or already have a successful company, consider the importance of protecting your IP as a part of your initial small business plan. Read the rest of this entry »
Impact on Intellectual Property
Posted by admin in intellectual property, Intellectual Property Law, intellectuals on March 10, 2011
The moment someone creates something new or novel in written or graphic form, the creator has intellectual property rights over what they have created. They retain control over how the material is used, whether or not others can use it, and the right to refuse others the option to copy or modify their work. There has arisen an ethos that the free for all of information on the Internet means that all that is on the Internet is free. While many websites are free to view, this does not mean that individuals or companies can freely copy or use material created by others.
When someone publishes information on their website, they retain intellectual property rights to their writings. Blog entries are copyrighted unless the individual states that they have ceded it to the public domain. For example, permission can be granted for free distribution as long as attribution to the original source is granted. Permission can also be granted for summarization or excepting if links back to the originating website are granted.
Artwork and images created by others is also their personal intellectual property. This includes logos, personal website trademarks, blog trademarks and photos posted on websites. Unless the website terms grant free use of the images posted there, the rights to reuse of photos and graphics is prohibited unless permission is granted by the content creators. For example, it is illegal to take photos from someone’s personal website and use it in advertising campaign without their permission. It is also illegal to take someone’s image, modify it for fun and then post it; this is a violation of both their intellectual property rights to their images and possible defamation. Read the rest of this entry »
we must to know about Intellectual Property Law
Posted by admin in Intellectual Property Law on March 1, 2011
Intellectual property law is the law that governs rights in creative works and inventions. The most common such rights are patents, copyright and trademarks.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright is a right which gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it. This right extends to most literary, dramatic and art forms. Copyright is not indefinite, but rather last for a limited period. This period will vary depending on the type of work, and ranges from 25 years from the date of publication to 70 years from the date of death of the author. Copyright exists automatically, and does not require any form of registration for the creator to have copyright protection.
PATENTS
A patent represents a series of rights granted by a national government, which effectively grants the patent holder protection and exclusive exploitation rights in connection with an invention. Not everything can be patented; patents will only be granted for something which is an invention, and which are novel, inventive and useful or industrially applicable. Read the rest of this entry »