Intellectual Property

Question 1

Define intellectual property

Answer 1

• Any tangible creative work, nots it particular physical form
• Any product of the human intellect that has commercial value

Question 2

Why is IP important

Answer 2

• You benefit from what you develop and allow you to profit from the idea, it aims to encourage imagination
• Other cannot use your idea without permission

Question 3

Developments that are threats to IP

Answer 3

compression techniques and easy storage
peer to peer

Question 4

What are the 4 types of protection to IP

Answer 4

Copyright
Patent
Trademark
Trade secrets

Question 5

Define copyright

Answer 5

• It is an intellectual property that gives the owner of the copyright the right to control how their creative work may be used
• It applies to a work rather than the concept behind it
  ○ “you cant copyright the idea of a book about a
  young wizard”
• It is automatic: you don’t have to apply or pay a fee
  ○ In the UK: there s no registering copyrighting
  system

Question 6

What did Richard Stallman say

Answer 6

The freedom to run, study redistribute copies, distribute copies of your modified versions to others

“free as in free speach, not free beer

Question 7

What are the exceptions to copyright

Answer 7

Non-commercial research and private study
Criticism and reporting current events
Teaching
helping disabled people
Parody

Question 8

What is free software doing

Answer 8

decreasing the gap

Question 9

Define a trade mark

Answer 9

it is an intellectual property that enables one to identify goods or services from a specific source. e.g. a logo

Question 10

What can a trade mark not be

Answer 10

○ Be offensive
○ Be descriptive
○ Be misleading
○ Be three dimensional
○ Be non-distinctive (has to be distinction)
○ Be used (cannot be used by multiple
companies)

Question 11

Define cybersquatting

Answer 11

the action of using an internet domain name with intent to profit from a trademark belonging to someone else

Question 12

Explain patents

Answer 12

It gives someone the right to prevent others from making, using or selling an invention without permission.

Question 13

Define trade-secrets

Answer 13

A trade secret provides a competitive advantage to its owner because the information is secret and has been subject to reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy.
○ Non-disclosure agreement (NDA): unilateral,
bilateral, and multilateral.