CHAP 4 Flashcards
It refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce
Intellectual Property (IP)
Types of Intellectual Property
- Copyright
- Patents
- Trade Secrets
- Trademarks
- Industrial Designs
It is a legal term used to describe the right that creators have over their literary and artistic works
Copyright
The exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.
Patents
Three types of patents
- Utility patents
- Design patents
- Plant patents
granted to a new and useful process, article of
manufacture, machine, or a composition of matter.
Utility patents
include an original, new, and ornamental design for a manufactured product
Design patents
awarded to anyone who produced, discovered and invented a new kind of plant capable of reproduction.
Plant patents
It is intellectual property (IP) rights on confidential information which includes a practice or a process of a company that is not generally known by the public but may be sold or licensed. It is often a product of an internal research and development
Trade Secrets
a sign (corporate symbol) capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises
Trademarks
used to promote a service
Service mark
used to identify products.
Trademark
indicates commercial origin of goods or services in a member of a group rather than the origin in one party
Collective mark
form of trademark used to identify goods and/or services that meet certain standards or specifications set by an impartial thirdparty regulatory group.
Certification mark
it constitutes the ornamental aspect of an
article
Industrial Designs
industrial design may consist of three-dimensional
features
shape
patterns
lines or color
