Legal, Ethical Nonsense Flashcards
What do existing intellectual property rights stop people stealing/copying?
Names of products
Inventions
Design/Look of Products
Things that are written, made or produced
Give examples of intellectual property rights
Copyright
Patents
Design and trade marks
What are the only things that intellectual property rights apply to?
Something that is unique
What is covered under automatic UK protection?
Copyright
Design Right
What needs to be applied for?
Trademarks
Registered Designs
Patents
What is a patent?
A licence conferring a right/title for a set period
What does a registered design protect?
External appearance of a design
What is a trademarks?
Symbol, word, words legally registered for representation of a company
What criteria has to met for intellectual property rights to be conferred on a property?
- IF they have created the item and its meets the requirements for a patent/design
- IF they have purchased the property rights from the previous product owner
- IF they have a brand that can be trademarked
How long does it take for a trademark application?
4 months
What are examples of things that can be protected under a trademark?
Product names
Logos
Jingles
How long does it take to apply for a patent?
5 years
What is covered under a registered design?
Appearance of the product
What is covered under patents?
Inventions and Products
Give examples of intellectual property right infringements
- Selling a product similar to right holder
- Offers registered design commercially
- Uses a trademark similar to yours
What are the ways to resolve a copyright infringement?
Take legal action
Use mediation
Reach an agreement with infringing party
What is one way an agreement will be met with an infringing party?
IP licence agreement
What can data collected from things like social media be used to do?
Profile our behaviours
Suggest other products
Steal Identity
Give three data principles
- Data must be processed fairly and accurately
- Processed for lawful purposes
- Adequate, relevant and not excessive
- Accurate and up to date
- Not kept for longer than necessary
- Processed in accordance to individual rights
- Kept Secure
- Not transferred outside Europe Economic Area without adequate protection
What is an intelligent system?
A system with artificial intelligence
What are the benefits of intelligent systems?
Safer performance of difficult tasks
Faster responses in crisis situations
More efficent resource management
An increase in ______ and ______ makes it possible to process increasing amounts of data in a short time
Processor Power
Data Storage
Connectivity
What is an Intelligent Agent?
Autonomous Entity which observes through sensors and acts upon an environment using actuators
What do data centres require?
Specialized cooling systems, large amounts of energy
What are data centres?
Large groups of networked computer servers typically used for remote storage and processing
Give examples of European regulations which apply to computing products
RoHS, REACH and WEEE
What do European regulations ensure?
Hazardous materials included in devices are disposed of properly
A freelance graphic artist has been contracted by a company to create new characters for a game. Describe how the company would protect its interests when writing contract for this work
Company should ensure it owns any intellectual property rights in relation to the work contracted to this freelance artist