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• Intellectual property


  A legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works
• Types of intellectual property


  • Copyright
  • Patent
  • Trademark
  • Industrial Design
  • Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin
  • Trade Secret
• Copyright


  • Covers literary and artistic works like books, music, paintings, sculpture and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps and technical drawings
  • Validity period varies from 20 years to lifetime of author plus 50 years
• Patent


  • An exclusive right granted for an invention that provides the patent owner with the right to decide how - or whether - the invention can be used by others
• Patent


  • The Shoes That Made Michael Jackson's Anti-Gravity Lean Possible
• Trademark


  • A sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises
• Trademark infringement


  • Mars sues Hershey for trademark infringement over MALTESER brand
• Industrial Design


  • Constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article, may consist of three-dimensional features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or of two-dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or color
• Industrial design


  • The famous gravity-defying lean of Michael Jackson
• Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin


  • Signs used on goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities, a reputation or characteristics that are essentially attributable to that place of origin, most commonly includes the name of the place of origin of the goods
• Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin

  • Watches - Switzerland
• Trade Secret


  Any practice or process of a company that is generally not known outside of the company, and gives the company an economic advantage over its competitors
• Fair use


  You can use copyrighted material without a license only for certain purposes like commentary, criticism, reporting, research, and teaching
• Fair use guidelines


  • A majority of the content you create must be your own
  • Give credit to the copyright holder
  • Don't make money off of the copyrighted work
• Creative Commons


  An American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share, has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public
• Creative Commons licenses


  • Attribution: You must credit the creator
  • Non-Commercial: You can't make a profit
  • No Derivative Works: You can't change the content
  • Share Alike: You can change the content, but you have to let other people use your new work with the same license as the original
• Digital piracy is a crime
• Different forms of cyberbullying


  • Flaming
  • Denigration
  • Exclusion
  • Outing
  • Impersonating
  • Cyber harassment
  • Cyberstalking
  • Personal Humiliation
• Hacking


  An attempt to exploit a computer system or a private network inside a computer, the unauthorized access to or control over computer network security systems for some illicit purpose
• Phishing


  The fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details, often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication
• Illegal downloading


  Obtaining files that you don't have the right to use from the internet
• Identity theft


  The deliberate use of someone else's identity, usually as a method to gain a financial advantage or obtain credit and other benefits in the other person's name, and perhaps to the other person's disadvantage or loss
• Pornography


  A representation of sexual behavior in books, pictures, statues, motion pictures, and other media that is intended to cause sexual excitement
• Class activity part 1


  1. Watch the talk show "Legal HD"

  2. Answer and discuss guide questions
• How can the intellectual property protect the rights of inventors, scientists, and artists?
• What acts are considered as violations of the Intellectual Property Code?
• What agencies are in-charge of implementing the Intellectual Property Code?