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Unit 8. Intellectual Property  Refers to creations of the mind  Inventions  literary and  artistic works; designs; and symbols  Names and images.

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1 Unit 8

2 Intellectual Property  Refers to creations of the mind  Inventions  literary and  artistic works; designs; and symbols  Names and images used in commerce.

3 Intellectual Property protection  Patents  Copyright  Trademarks

4 Patents A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention. a patent provides the patent owner with the right to decide how - or whether - the invention can be used by others.

5 Patents

6 Trademark A sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises.

7 Copyright  Legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works.  Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps and technical drawings.

8 Public Domain

9 Ways of licensing  Copyright reserves all rights.  Public Domain reserves no rights.  Copy left reserves some rights.

10 Copy left Copyleft is a general method for making a program (or other work) free, and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free as well E.g Google has utilized CC licenses in a variety of instances throughout their digital services. Either by enabling CC-search capabilities through their main search engine, image search engine, and book search engine, or by allowing users to CC license their own content in Picasa, Google Knol, and documentation at Google Code

11 Creative commons pg-5/11 Provides copy left licenses to facilitate sharing and reuse of creative content 5keywords CC(creative commons) BY(written by) NC(non commercial ) SA(share alike) ND(no derivatives)

12 Plagiarism The act of presenting another’s work or ideas as your own

13 Referencing and citation Any identifiable item, whether text or image, which is not your own work

14 Referencing and citation:

15 Task Define the terms intellectual property, copyright, and citation. State the reasons why we must cite. state the seriousness of plagiarism and academic dishonesty Mention and discuss the keywords under creative commons


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