INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS The character of world trade has undergone significant changes in the last decade. Many issues have come to the fore to influence the trade patterns. The concerns of environment‚ assertions on human rights the sympathy (?!)‚ for child labour‚ to mention a few‚ have‚ been exerting dominant influences. Transfer of polluting industries to the developing nations‚ using poor economies for pollution control are all totally new issues defying the relevance of the traditional
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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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MODULE-1 LESSON-1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF IPRs: What is IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)? Intellectual Property refers to creation of mind i.e. inventions‚ industrial designs for article‚ literary & artistic work‚ symbols etc. used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two categories: 1. Industrial property‚ which includes inventions (patents)‚ trademarks‚ industrial designs‚ and geographic indications and 2. Copyright‚ which includes literary and artistic works
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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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Intellectual Property – One of the most valuable and neglected property of yours! OR You might be neglecting one of your most valuable properties! OR One of the most valuable properties of yours! If you ask someone walking down the street and ask him “What is a property?” Brand is a name‚ design‚ symbol‚ or any other feature that identifies one seller’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers. What is a brand? * Brand is a name‚ design‚ symbol‚ or any other feature
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The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is a huge organisation‚ with a vast number of areas that could be discussed in this essay. Though there are numerous definitions of what the World Intellectual Property Organisation is‚ I will give a description of how I see the organisation. There is an immense history behind the establishment we see today‚ I will give an enlightenment of how this history took place. I will also discuss the aims and purpose WIPO and how it plays its part in the
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Intellectual property (IP) Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ and symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce. Under intellectual property law‚ owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets‚ such as musical‚ literary‚ and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words‚ phrases‚ symbols‚ and designs. 1.2 The Two Branches of Intellectual Property: Industrial Property
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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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Intellectual Property Rights 2014 1.Intellectual property rights: US set to punish India The Indian embassy in Washington DC too scheduled a briefing by its economic and commerce wings soon after the expected US action. TNN | Feb 10‚ 2014‚ 10.28PM IST WASHINGTON: It’s not looking good between New Delhi and Washington. Tensions over the Khobragade episode are yet to fully dissipate‚ but the two sides are locking horns again over intellectual property rights. The Obama
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discussion on the Intellectual Property Law Md. Murtaja Islam Johanjeb Tareq Lecturer‚ Department of Law‚ Southern University Bangladesh. Intellectual property has acquired an internationally recognized character. Now it is regarded to be one important sector of international law‚ having its source in various international conventions. At present‚ each and every country is trying to shape or reshape their legislature‚ relating to intellectual property; in the
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