Intellectual Property Flashcards
(17 cards)
Ownership rights over intangible creations of human intellect.
Intellectual Property
Form of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, selling, and importing an invention for a limited period of years.
Patent
Three criteria for patenting an invention.
- New
- Useful
- Non-obvious
Congress is authorized to create patents and copyrights according to what document?
The Constitution
Length of patent protection.
20 years for utility patents.
15 years for design patents.
Patent that protects how something is used.
Utility Patent
Patent that protects the way something looks.
Design Patent
Form of intellectual property that grants the creator of an original creative work the exclusive legal right to determine whether and under what conditions it may be copied and used by others, usually for a limited term of years.
Copyright
Rights given under copyright.
- Reproduction
- Control over derivative works
- Distribution
- Public performance
- Moral rights such as attribution
Copyright does not protect _______.
Ideas
Copyright protects a specific ________ of an idea.
Expression
Length of copyright.
Life of the author + 70 years.
All copyrights prior to 1923.
Expired
Works that are not protected under copyright or patent.
Public Domain
Exceptions to copyright.
- First Sale Doctrine
- Ideas
- Fair Use
- Government Documents
Criteria for determining fair use.
- How the work was used.
- What kind of work it was.
- The relative size of the portion used.
- How the use affects the market or value for the work.
A work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work
Parody
