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2 - Intellectual Property - Coggle Diagram
2 - Intellectual Property
Copyrights
Copyright law guarantees the creators of "original works of authorship" protection against the unauthorized duplication of their work.
Categories of work
Literary works
Musical works
Dramatic works
Pantomimes and choreographic works
Pictorial, graphical, and sculptural works
Motion pictures and other audiovisual works
Sound recordings
Architectural works
Copyrighting computer software is done under the scope of literary works
Copyright law protects only the source code, but not ideas or processes behind a software
Works by one or more authors are protected until 70 years after the death of the last surviving author
Works for hire and anonymous works are provided protection for 95 years from the date of first publications or 120 years from the date of creation, whichever is shorter.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (1998)
Prohibition of attempts to circumvent copyright protection mechanisms placed on a protected work by the copyright holder (e.g. CD or DVD copy)
Limit the liability of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) when their circuits are used by criminals violating the copyright law.
Filling a copyright requires to publicly disclose the details of the work.
Trademarks
Categories of trademarks
Words
Slogan
Logos
Use ™ character to show that you tend to protect your trademarks
Use ® character to show that you have a registered trademark
Patents
Goal: protect the intellectual property rights of inventors
Provide a period of 20 years from the time of the invention granting exclusive rights to the inventor to use the invention.
Patent requirements
The invention must be new
The invention must be useful
The invention must not be obvious
Filling a patent requires to publicly disclose the details of the invention.
Trade secrets
Intellectual Property that is absolutely critical to their business, and significant damage would result if it were disclosed to competitors and/or the public
Apply the need-to-know principle
Require an NDA for people working with it
Trade secret is the best way to protect software (cf. Microsoft)