Intellectual Property Flashcards
Copyright
Anything that is created like books, art, music, and software
Automatically granted and lasts 70 years after creator’s death or 95 years after creation by for corporations.
Symbol: circle with a C in it
Trademarks
Brand names, logos, slogans must be registered is valid for 10 years at a time can be renewed indefinitely.
Symbol: TM when you are going through the process to get it registered.
And circle with r in it registered trademark
Patents
Must be novel, useful, and nonobvious
Normally protected for 20 years
Example: think drugs
Trade secrets
You tell no one about your formula your secret sauce. If discovered anyone can use it
Attack on copyright
Piracy you can use water marking to protect
Copyright infringement use of someone else’s copyrighted material often songs and images
Attack on trademark
Counterfeiting fake Rolexes Prada Nike apple products
Either using the real name or vey similar name
Attack on Patents
Patent infringement using someone else’s patent in your product without permission
Attack on trade secrets
An organization can do nothing if their trade secret was is discovered but how it is done can be illegal meaning corporate espionage
Cyber Squatting
Buying a URL you know someone else will need
Typo Squatting
Buying a URL that is very close to real website name