Why Protecting Intellectual Property Rights are Important for Creating Wealth Prepared By: Tony Lyall Why Protecting Intellectual Property Rights are Important for Creating Wealth What is intellectual property? The World Intellectual Property Organization defines intellectual property as the “creations of the mind: inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ and symbols‚ names‚ images and designs used in commerce” (WIPO). If a country wants to create wealth it must provide opportunities
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Intellectual Property and Computer Software: the Ongoing Controversy Introduction Ever since the computer software industry began during the mid-1970’s with the personal computer revolution‚ using intellectual property rights (IPR) to protect software has been controversial. Presently‚ software can be protected using both copyright and patents. The issue of software patentability is particularly contentious. On one side there are the large‚ mainly U.S. based corporations‚ such as IBM‚ Microsoft
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acquiring‚ holding‚ and disposing of both real and personal properties. This aspect is more important because it is the first steps that the client needs to make to get their business up and running. The next item is to analyze the business for insurance purposes. White water rafting can be a dangerous sport‚ and therefore it is essential that the business is protected from injury lawsuits. The final item that any business needs to be aware of is the environmental issues and other regulations that come with
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Various Uses of Intellectual Property TWC 451: Final Project – Copyright/Intellectual Property in the Electronic Age Instructor: Erin Frost Neema Mahmoodi In this new advancing age we have seen an increase in the amount of technology around us as a society. These types of advancements have brought an increased awareness in the amount of protection we have in our work. Such as‚ ensuring that our work is original and will not be stolen or passed around the Internet and not receive the credit
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Research In Motion: A Study in International Intellectual Property by Paul A. Langfield‚ M.S. An Introduction to Research In Motion (RIM) Canadian-based company Research In Motion (RIM) is an excellent case study in the challenges associated with Intellectual Property rights‚ especially in light of the company’s need to operate within the Intellectual Property frameworks of countries across the globe. Started by then twenty-three year old‚ Mike Lazardis in 1984‚ RIM has been involved
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“Are intellectual property laws ruining the game & graphic design industry?” Have you ever woken up one morning with the idea to create an invention that no one else knows about? Well what if I told you that someone was able to steal your idea without being charged a cent. You’d feel a lot of anger and frustration building up inside you right? This is the turning point where you take matters into your own hands‚ but how would you do that without knowing what to do? Yep you guessed it‚ Welcome
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Why should we protect intellectual property? (By Igor Gorshkov‚ for Sr. Carlos Rivadulla Oliva – Intellectual property) I’d like to start my answer with a simple example‚ that comes to my mind: You know “Kalashnikov” automatic gun‚ right. On of the most popular automatic guns in the whole world‚ that combines in itself simplicity‚ reliability and at the same time effectiveness. It was invented in the USSR in 1947 by a very smart Russian scientist Michal Kalashnikov. How ever‚ not many
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STUDENT ID: 2012713211 ANSWER FOR WEEKLY QUESTION CHAPTER 1. a) Differentiate between data‚ information and knowledge and provide an example to illustrate the differences. DATA | INFORMATION | KNOWLEDGE | Data is the things that are not give any specific meaning or to give explanation of some activity that happened. Example: I have the computer. | Information is the things that have specific meaning or the activity can be explained because we know the meaning or value. The data has been
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Keywords: Chicago intellectual property lawyer‚ Chicago patent attorney‚ Chicago trademark attorney‚ Chicago copyright attorney Chicago Intellectual Property Lawyers and Licensing Agreements In Chicago‚ intellectual property lawyers help their clients with a variety of issues‚ ranging from obtaining patents to fighting trademark infringement. These attorneys are skilled with all aspects of intellectual property law‚ from filing initial paperwork with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Old System Title Legal Interests under Old System Title S184G CA: priority given to the earlier same as s 12 of the former Registration and Deeds Act. If the four elements are satisfied‚ namely: 1. Instrument relating to the land (excludes wills) must be effective and not void 2. Made in good faith a. There must be no fraud – Re Cooper b. It must be bona fide - Marsden v Campbell c. Notice only effective after registration‚ no notice before registration‚ but after settlement – Scholes
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