CBL Core issue: Intellectual property Case 7: Wachowski Bros and Lucasfilm Ltd. Problem statement: How to protect intellectual property in order to make profit? The copyright law provides different options to protect intellectual property in any form. In particular‚ the registration of copyright through trademarks‚ patents or registered designs is very effective method to protect the copyright owner’s work. Moreover‚ developing an IP strategy as well as knowing your IP rights is the basis of
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Intellectual Intellectual property is under attack by pirates. These pirates are not wearing an eye patch or sporting a peg leg‚ they are anybody and everybody who are selling or copying software for personal or business use. When it comes to software and online piracy‚ in certain countries‚ it is like the Wild West‚ there are laws that are very cut and dry but it seems like nobody follows them. On the other hand there are certain countries where it almost seems like anything goes with a
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paper on IPR : Copyrights Intellectual Property Intellectual Property refers to all the intangible creations of the human mind‚ from scientific inventions to literary and artistic works; from symbols to names and images used in commerce. Earlier‚ Neo classical economics considered land‚ labour and capital as things of value. But slowly information and energy are replacing them as wealth creating assets.[1]As ‚ the world gets more and more mobile ‚ information can be transported instantaneously
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Digests Intellectual Property Law Michael Vernon Guerrero Mendiola 2004 Shared under Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Philippines license. Some Rights Reserved. Table of Contents Asia Brewery vs. CA‚ GR 103543‚ 5 July 1993 …......... 1 Western Equipment vs. Reyes‚ GR 27897‚ 2 December 1927 …......... 1 Philips Export BV vs. CA‚ Gr 96161‚ 21 February 1992 …......... 2 Asari Yoko v. Kee Boc‚ GR L-14086‚ 20 January 1961 …......... 2 Sterling Products Vs. Farbenfabriken
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promising national markets two of the most crucial elements in the strategic decision regarding market-entry are the level of corruption and existing trade barriers. One form of corruption that is crucially important to firms is the theft of intellectual property. In particular‚ software piracy has become a hotly debated topic due to the deep costs and vast levels of piracy around the world. The purpose of this paper is to assess how laissez-faire trade policies and corruption affect national software
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individuals holding copyrights on intellectual property‚ this is a frightening proposition. After all‚ there is virtually no protection for these copyright holders from the misuse of their property. But‚ as Scott Sullivan‚ writer for The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin stated‚ "as history has proven‚ technological and societal advances usually come with a price." The price society is paying for the Internet is a loss of copyright protection by laws for their intellectual material. Napster is a good example
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CMF Intellectual Property 11/18/13 Modern technology is simply marvelous; it allows one person to listen to another person’s artistic musical work without having to be in the vicinity of that person. The certain technology I am talking about is Internet music downloading. Internet music downloading is when a person downloads music from the Internet. Downloading music from the Internet has a multitude of advantages as well as cons and risks. The risks of downloading music from the Internet
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copying and use‚ producers of software may not be able to recoup their investments. The unique nature of software is that it performs various functions through expressions written in computer language. Although copyright protects "literal expressions" of software‚ it does not protect the "concept" behind the software‚ which often is a core part of its commercial value. Since such concepts behind the software often provide technical functions such as controlling machines or processing data‚ program developers
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Term Paper: Intellectual Property Rights: Copyright and Patent Copyrights and patents hold a major importance for business owners‚ and companies. I will discuss in detail what a copyright and patent are and the importance the two of them hold. What is Intellectual Property Rights; it refers to creations of the mind: inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ and symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce which leads to patents. What is a patent? A patent
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E-Commerce and Protecting Intellectual Property Justin Gunter Law/421 December 8‚ 2014 Liliya Kades Ecommerce and Protecting Intellectual Property Introduction E-commerce has become a prosperous industry which generated more than $262 billion in sales last year. It is estimated by 2017 that E-commerce will grow to “to $440 billion in sales for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.8%” (Forbes‚ 2013). With this much growth‚ it beckons entrepreneurs to grab a piece of the pie. As legal activity
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