S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Communications Technology Intellectual Properties

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M  Poems  Theses  Plays  Books  Radio  Drawings  Photographs  Movies  Software  Television Broadcasts  Video Recording  Other Literary Works  Paintings  Musical Compositions  Choreographic Works  Sculptures  Industrial Designs  Audio Recording How are these things alike?

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Intellectual Property  These are all works of an individual's mind or intellect  They are intellectual properties  Intellectual property are protected like any other form of property  Copyright laws protect the rights of the authors, inventors and other stakeholders

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Copyright  Copyright is the exclusive right to copy a creative work. This includes: Publishing Producing Reproducing Performing in public Communicating by telecommunication Translating and in some cases, to rental of the work

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Copyright  The symbol for copyright is ©

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Copyright  Early copyright law aimed to protect the economic interests of book publishers not the intellectual rights of authors  Modern copyright law protects the labour of elaborating an idea, but not the idea itself

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Copyright  Copyright DOES NOT cover the actual Idea Concepts Facts Styles Techniques which may be embodied in or represented by the work

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Copyright  Copyright for Mickey Mouse cartoon prohibits unauthorized parties from Distributing copies of the cartoon Creating derivative works which copy or mimic Disney's particular anthropomorphic mouse

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Copyright  This does not prohibit the creation of artistic works about anthropomorphic mice in general, so long as they are sufficiently different to not be imitative of the original

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Patent  Patents cover new inventions or any new and useful improvement of an existing invention  Cost is $ ,000

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Patent  Only 20% of patents ever make it to the marketplace  95% of patents are for improvements to existing products  DNA?

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Trademark  Trademarks can be comprised of a Name Word Image Photograph Logo Symbol Design Phrase Or any combination of these elements

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Trademark  A trademark is a legal registered distinctive sign for a Business Products Services

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Trademark  Non-conventional trademarks can be  visible signs or Colours Shapes Moving Images Holograms Positions  non-visible signs Sounds Scents Tastes Textures

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Industrial Design Rights  An industrial design right protects the form of appearance, style or design of an industrial object Spare parts Furniture Textiles

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Trade Secret  A trade secret is secret  Non-public information concerning the commercial practices or proprietary knowledge of a business, public disclosure of which may sometimes be illegal  WHMIS?

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M The Big Picture  In 1970 The World Intellectual Property Organization began to promote the global protection of both copyrighted materials and industrial property

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M The Big Picture  The World Trade Organization (WTO) requires members to establish and enforce minimum levels of copyright, patent, and trademark protection within their jurisdictions

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Why is this Important?  There is ongoing debate as to whether IP laws truly operate to confer the stated public benefits, and whether the protection they are said to provide is appropriate in the context of innovation derived from such things as traditional knowledge and folklore, and patents for software and business methods.

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Why is this Important?  There is ongoing debate as to whether IP laws truly operate to confer the stated public benefits, and whether the protection they are said to provide is appropriate in the context of innovation derived from such things as traditional knowledge and folklore, and patents for software and business methods.

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Creative Commons  The Creative Commons is a non- profit organization expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share  Creative Commons licenses restrict only certain rights or none at all

S. Chornenki TGJ3/4M Creative Commons  The symbol for a Creative Commons copyright is