The rights to the intellectual property can be claimed exclusively by the creator or recipient of ownership transfer and covers the expression of an idea rather than the idea itself.
IP law includes ways to protect the creative expressions of the intellect that carry commercial and moral value. There are several types of intellectual property including:. Intellectual property rights are believed to encourage the creative process as well as promote investment by ensuring the investors receive a return on their investment. Copyright, then, is the protection extended to the creator of an original work. It provides the sole rights to the use and distribution of the work and normally ends after a specific period of time.
After the time is up, the copyright can be renewed, or the work will pass into the public domain where it legally may be used without giving notice of the original creator and without the need for recompense to the former owner. A copyright can also be sold and the ownership transferred to a different entity which is then the recipient of any recompense from its use and retains sole rights for use and distribution. Copyright grants the right to display a work via video or radio, present the work publicly, and create or sell copies of the work as well as derivations of the work.
Thanks to Sonny Bono, a rare entertainer who entered Congress, current US law provides for a copyright to extend 50 to years following the death of the creator. More specifically, works that were first created on or after January 1, , secured Federal Statutory Protection from the moment of creation for the life of the creator plus an additional 70 years. Copyright and Intellectual Property Toolkit Here you can find information, resources, and tools to address copyright issues and concerns in research and teaching.
Check out our Scholarly Communication Glossary. What is intellectual property? What is copyright? Copyright is a form of intellectual property. Unlike the copyright registration process, the patent application process is expensive, complex, difficult, and time consuming and generally should not be attempted without the assistance of an experienced patent attorney or agent.
Examples include brand names, slogans, and logos. There is rarely an overlap between trademark and copyright law but it can happen, for instance, when a graphic illustration is used as a logo the design may be protected both under copyright and trademark. Original works of authorship, such as books, articles, songs, photographs, sculptures, choreography, sound recordings, motion pictures, and other works.
Inventions, such as processes, machines, manufactures, compositions of matter as well as improvements to these. Other types of industrial property are protected primarily to stimulate innovation, design and the creation of technology. In this category fall inventions protected by patents , industrial designs and trade secrets. The social purpose is to provide protection for the results of investment in the development of new technology, thus giving the incentive and means to finance research and development activities.
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