What are the advantages and disadvantages of intellectual property in the digital age? Intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term that covers copyright‚ patents‚ trademarks‚ designs‚ circuit layout rights‚ plant breeders’ rights and confidentiality and trade secrets. Each of these terms covers a different type of property that is made up of knowledge. Many of these terms cover physical objects‚ however it is the idea behind them that counts and needs to be protected. The above terms are all
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Advantages Solar cells provide cost effective solutions to energy problems in places where there is no mains electricity. Solar cells are also totally silent and non-polluting. As they have no moving parts they require little maintenance and have a long lifetime. Compared to other renewable sources they also possess many advantages; wind and water power rely on turbines which are noisy‚ expensive and liable to breaking down. Rooftop power is a good way of supplying energy to a growing community
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popular channel for many students to pursue their degree. What are the advantages and the disadvantages of online education? These questions are faced by students deciding to take online classes. Often students work full or part time jobs while going to college so their time is valuable. These students want to make the right decisions in choosing classes so knowing the pro and cons of choosing it is much important. There are the many advantages of taking online education such as the flexibility that
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c) THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Online shopping has become a popular shopping method ever since the internet has declared a takeover. There are many individuals that are looking for other amazing alternatives shopping and online shipping is just the fix for that. There are many advantages of online shopping; this is the reason why online stores are a booming business today. If there are advantages‚ most likely there will be disadvantages. Despite the success of purchasing through online shopping
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In your view‚ what are the advantages and disadvantages of voluntary agreements such as the Kimberly Process and the EITI? Voluntary agreements at industry or country level are becoming very popular in the last years as a way to tackle severe issues that are affecting countries all around the Globe. Although the main scope is really deserving‚ I think that such organization have a limited room to make a real impact in their grounds. Such organizations are pretty visible in terms of politics: local politicians can use the argument of
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a written or printed form used in gathering information on some subject or subjects‚ consisting of a set of questions to be submitted to one or more persons All lecturers come in contact with questionnaires whether it is the standard end of year course questionnaire or one that is used in research. These questionnaires come in many different forms from: factual to opinion based‚ from tick boxes to free text responses. Whatever their form‚ questionnaires are often viewed as quick and easy to
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Performance Appraisals There seems to be an ongoing debate as to the value of doing employee performance appraisals. Anyone who has given or received a performance appraisal could argue vehemently as to the effectiveness and sensibility of doing them. So what is a performance appraisal? A performance appraisal is an evaluation of job performance over a period of time. It is basically an annual report card on an employee and how they performed over the prior
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ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING 1. Decrease In Cost: The biggest advantage of cloud computing is the elimination of the investment in stand-alone software or servers by the user. By cloud computing‚ one can easily save the overhead charges such as cost of data storage‚ software updates‚ management‚ and most importantly cost of quality control. Now anyone can use the services of cloud computing at affordable rates. Cloud computing is probably the most cost efficient method to use‚ maintain
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In the 21st century‚ the necessity of studying abroad has become an emerging trend among the youth. However‚ every coin has two sides and so does going abroad to study; it has countless advantages as well as disadvantages that need to be taken into consideration. Studying abroad has great pros. To begin with‚ students have an amazing opportunity to have better education. When we compare our education system with that of highly developed countries‚ there will be a vast amount of difference in
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Advantages and disadvantages of Cell Phones It is for a fact that having a mobile phone now a days is a sort of a necessity and it is an inevitable truth that mobile industry is taking everyone by a storm. From the very basic thing of making a call to texting‚ and now internet access for just a touch of your finger tips. There are millions of mobile phone users. The mobile phone usage is beneficial and at the same time the usage can also be useless and have certain disadvantages. Advantages
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