Intellectual Property Flashcards
1
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What is intellectual property?
A
Is information assets that belongs to a particular organisation.
2
Q
What are the 3 ways that intellectual property is protected?
A
- Copyrights
- Trademarks
- Patents
3
Q
What is copyrights? and how long do they usually last?
A
- Is protection of original and creative works of a person or organisation.
- Is valid during the author’s life plus 70 years after they have died.
4
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What is Trademarks?
A
- Are words or symbols that is registered legally to an organisation and is used to identify the organisation.
- Has to be renewed every 10 years.
5
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What are patents?
A
- Signifies ownership of an invention for a limited amount of time.
- Lasts for 20 years beyond the patent’s filing date.
6
Q
What must be involved in a patent?
A
- Novel - new idea.
- useful.
- Non-obvious(some inventive work is involved).
