progression. II. Challenges A. In today’s digital world‚ intellectual property is the cornerstone upon which innovation and creativity is encouraged and shared. The challenges that many companies now face are that of patent‚ copyright and trademark infringement. We see it in everyday society. Pirated movies and music are the norm in the world today and
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COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IN NIGERIA You would recall that in my last article‚ I stated that there is no centralized system of registering copyright in Nigeria. I stated that a “work” which is the subject not the copyright need not be registered before it can be protected under the law. In the process of patenting an invention‚ I came across a process known as copyright notification and I think it is important that I share it with you (You are probably wondering what Patent registration has to do with
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In Australia‚ copyright law is contained in the Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968 (Copyright Act). A simple definition of copyright is that it is a bunch of rights in certain creative works such as text‚ artistic works‚ music‚ computer programs‚ sound recordings and films.The copyright owner of a film will only own copyright in the moving images and sounds of the film. They will not necessarily own copyright in the underlying works included in the film such as the musical soundtrack or score or the
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WTO agreements including TRIPS. Improvement in IPR Protection With technical disadvantage‚ intellectual property right protection in China did not be highlighted before. Lacking of legal basic regulation as well as weak public consciousness‚ infringement behaviors‚ counterfeits and embezzling the trademarks were rampant. On the contrary‚ in the developed countries‚ the strong protection of IPR is one of the driving engines for economic growth‚ which also gradually becomes a mean for increasing
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and governance for copyrights and patents; however‚ since each state had their own set of governance‚ IP was not portable from state to state. With the ratification of the Constitution the Federal Government established a central entity by which IP could be governed and regulated (History and Sources of Intellectual Property Law). Approximately “twenty five years ago a vigorous debate raged in the US legal academia over whether software should be covered by patent or copyright or some third option”
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Basic Notions of Copyright and Related Rights By the International Bureau of WIPO 1. BASIC NOTIONS OF COPYRIGHT A. Introduction Copyright legislation is part of the law “intellectual property”. This law protects the interests of creators by giving them property rights over their creations. It is there to stimulate creativity‚ make them available to the public and to ensure international trades protected by intellectual property right are harmonized (the law is recognized in most countries)
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References: Cheshire Henbury (2008). E-Business Definitions (B2B‚ B2C‚ etc.). Copyright 2001‚ Cheshire Henbury‚ Created by Paul T © 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 LitLangs All Rights Reserved. Retrieved March 10‚ 2008 from http://www.ecommerce-digest.com/ecommerce-security- issues.html Internet World Stats (2008‚ March 1) 2008
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1. Do you think the internet as a technology helps or hurts musical artists? Why do so many musical performers differ in their opinions about the internet? With the development of the internet and the influence that technology has on musical artists‚ it has become a convergence that now run hand in hand. Before the internet‚ artists were recording their music in studios and producers were selling their CD’s to customers in person. Ten years ago‚ the biggest record labels were worried about online
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LEGAL ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT SUBMITTED TO : SUBMITTED BY : Dr. MANEESH YADAV ASHWINI KUMAR (JL12FS13) INTRODUCTION The Copyright Act‚ 1957(14 of 1957) governs the laws & applicable rules related to the subject of copyrights in India. Copyright Law in the country was governed by the Copyright Act of 1914‚ was essentially the extension of the British Copyright Act‚ 1911 to India ‚ and borrowed extensively from the new Copyright Act of the United Kingdom of 1956. All copyright related laws are governed
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Plagiarism‚ copyright laws and social networking. Social and professional networking sites have changed the way we connect and network to other people. It has become a necessity to utilize these sources as a way to communicate and express our thoughts‚ ideas and interests often by posting a written statement or image. Too often these expressions are stolen without the knowledge of the original source. Plagiarism is considered fraud and idea stealing is an act of plagiarism. Copyright law must
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