Introduction Computer technology plays an increasingly important role in our society today. It penetrates more and more areas of our life‚ not only in business environments but also in daily surroundings. A computer cannot operate without instructions. These instructions‚ so-called computer programs or software‚ may be incorporated in the computer or apparatus‚ but are often created‚ reproduced and distributed on media such as CD-ROMs or transmitted on-line. Once created‚ it is often possible to
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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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around intellectual property rights in the digital age. These issues have resulted in various lawsuits‚ creations of laws‚ new definitions‚ and differences of opinion. I plan to elaborate on both sides of this issue and how the digital age has enabled this to become one of the hottest controversial issues in regards to the internet and the digital age. First I would like to go into the history and background of why people are for the protection of intellectual property rights. Intellectual property
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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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INTRODUCTION Intellectual property surrounds us in nearly everything we do‚ at home‚ school; work‚ at rest and at play. No matter what we do‚ we are surrounded by the fruits of human creativity and invention. The importance of protecting intellectual property rights has received heightened recognition through the increase in world trade. It is estimated that billions of dollars of business is lost due to illegal counterfeiting. Between five to eight percent of all goods and services sold worldwide
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Property is something that individuals and companies can own. Broadly‚ the property is divided into: Tangible and intangible property. The word ‘tangible’ refers to something that has a definable physical form that can be touched‚ whereas‚ word ‘intangible’ refers to something that cannot be perceived by the senses. Further tangible property can be divided into two distinct types that is: Real property refers to land or real estate; Personal property refers to specific items and things that can be
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Intellectual Property Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ and symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce. IP is divided into two categories: Industrial property‚ which includes inventions (patents)‚ trademarks‚ industrial designs‚ and geographic indications of source; and Copyright‚ which includes literary and artistic works such as novels‚ poems and plays‚ films‚ musical works‚ artistic works such as drawings‚ paintings
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Intellectual Property Rights In the accession‚ there is no specific commitment in intellectual property rights area for China to achieve. However‚ GATT‚ GATS and TRIPS are the three major agreements in WTO‚ representing international trade‚ services and trade-related intellectual property rights (IPR)‚ to regulate the rules for WTO’s members to obey. So upon accession to WTO in 2001‚ China acquiescently acceded to the WTO agreements including TRIPS. Improvement in IPR Protection With technical
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Reaction Paper on Intellectual Property Rights Modern usage of the term Intellectual Property goes back at least as far as centuries back. The history of patents actually sprung not from scientific inventions but rather from royal grants for monopoly privileges. Now we ask‚ what is Intellectual Property and what does it signify? First we define Intellectual Property as creations of the mind such as inventions‚ literary pieces‚ artistic works‚ images‚ trademark names‚ and design. There are two categories
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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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