This document discusses different types of intellectual property including public domain works, intellectual property, moral rights, and patents. It then provides examples of citations for scholarly journal articles, books, electronic images, blog posts, and online postings using MLA format.

1. Copyright and
Ownership
Reflection
(Secondary
Education)

2. 1. Public Domain
 The public domain refers to works that
belong to the public. Works in the public
domain can be used free of charge and
do not require written permission from the
author/creator.

3. 2. Intellectual Property
 Intellectual property is non-physical
objects. These are objects that do not
exist in physical form, but of which we can
still make ownership claims. The lyrics to a
song, the ideas in a book, or the code for
a computer program for example.

4. 3. Moral Rights
 Moral rights are personal to an
author/creator regardless of who owns
copyright. Moral rights exist for the same
period of time as the copyright in a work.
Derived from the reflection of an author’s
personality in their own work.

5. 4. Patent
 Protects new and useful “inventions,” such
as processes, equipment, and
manufacturing techniques, but do not
cover an object’s artistic or aesthetic
qualities.

6. Citation Examples (MLA)
 Scholarly Journal Article *Online*
Nowak, Martin A. "Evolutionary Biology of
Language." Philosophical Transactions:
Biological Sciences 355.1403 (2000): 1615-
1622. Web. 9 June 2013.
<http://tinyurl.com/mg4bche>.

7. Citation Example (MLA)
 Book
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York:
Warner, 1982. Print.

8. Citation Example (MLA)
 Electronic Image
Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. 1519.
Louvre, Paris. Masterpieces of the Louvre.
Web. 29 July 2009.
<http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home>

9. Citation Example(MLA)
 Blog/Online Posting
Fox, Justin. "GDP: Nothing to Write Home
About." Blog. The
Curious Capitalist.Time.com. Time, 31 July
2009. Web. 5 Aug. 2009.
<http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2
009/07/31/ gdp-nothing-to-write-home-
about/>.