Intellectual Property Rights

Question 1

What is intellectual property?

Answer 1

Property that is intangible

Question 2

What is copyright?

Answer 2

Grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to determine whether, and under what conditions, this original work may be used by others

Question 3

What is confidential information?

Answer 3

Information that a person receives in circumstances that make it clear they must not pass it on

Question 4

What is a patent?

Answer 4

Gives inventors a monopoly on their invention for a certain period

Question 5

What is a trade mark?

Answer 5

Recognisable sign, design, or expression that identifies a particular manufacturer or supplier

Question 6

What can protect source code? (IP)

Answer 6

Copyright

Question 7

What can protect documentation? (IP)

Answer 7

Copyright

Question 8

What prevents employees passing information to competitors?

Answer 8

Confidential information

Question 9

What can protect a company’s name/logo?

Answer 9

Trademark

Question 10

What is considered a work? (copyright)

Answer 10

1. Original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
2. Sound recordings, films, broadcasts and cable programmes
3. Typographical arrangements of published editions

Question 11

What is required for an invention to be patented (4)?

Answer 11

• new
• involves an inventive step
• capable of industrial application
• not in an area that is excluded