y Q3 a. Describe two ways in which Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) can be registered or asserted. (4 marks each, total 8)
b. Describe an organisation that exists to protect IPR and on whose behalf it operates, and what are its functions. (8 marks)
c. Discuss ways in which the music industry has responded to new technologies and attempted to protect IPR. (9 marks)
Solution
a) PATENT:
Patents protects the inventions for products or processes . The invention must not have been thought of before, must be inventive and must be capable of industrial application.
We have to apply to the Intellectual Property Office to register a patent. Patents last for 20 years
COPYRIGHT:
Copyright protects items such as written works, diagrams, charts, computer source code, photographs, music or even performances. Copyright arises automatically once your idea/knowledge has been expressed in permanent form. It must have involved some element of creation and skill and not copied (substantially) from elsewhere. Know-How is any secret, technical information which is valuable and identifiable, including results, experimental techniques, formulae, chemical structures, source code etc; not strictly a form of IP but equally important. Designs protect 3D objects or designs applied to them, e.g. laboratory equipment or the design of a teapot or the design on wallpaper. They can arise automatically or can be registered with the UK IPO.
DATABASE:
Database Rights protect collections of works or data . Which have been systematically arranged and are accessible electronically or by other means.
In this process registration is not required.
b)
Functions of Intellectual property rights:
Intellectual property shall include rights relating to:
1) literary, artistic and scientific works:
2) performances of performing artists, phonograms and broadcasts;
3) inventions in all fields of human behaviour;
4) scientific discoveries;
5) industrial designs;
6) trademarks, service marks, and commercial names and designations;
7) protection against unfair competition and all other rights resulting from intellectual activity in industrial scientific, literary or artistic fields.
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y Q3 a- Describe two ways in which Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).docx
1. y Q3 a. Describe two ways in which Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) can be registered or
asserted. (4 marks each, total 8)
b. Describe an organisation that exists to protect IPR and on whose behalf it operates, and what
are its functions. (8 marks)
c. Discuss ways in which the music industry has responded to new technologies and attempted to
protect IPR. (9 marks)
Solution
a) PATENT:
Patents protects the inventions for products or processes . The invention must not have been
thought of before, must be inventive and must be capable of industrial application.
We have to apply to the Intellectual Property Office to register a patent. Patents last for 20 years
COPYRIGHT:
Copyright protects items such as written works, diagrams, charts, computer source code,
photographs, music or even performances. Copyright arises automatically once your
idea/knowledge has been expressed in permanent form. It must have involved some element of
creation and skill and not copied (substantially) from elsewhere. Know-How is any secret,
technical information which is valuable and identifiable, including results, experimental
techniques, formulae, chemical structures, source code etc; not strictly a form of IP but equally
important. Designs protect 3D objects or designs applied to them, e.g. laboratory equipment or
the design of a teapot or the design on wallpaper. They can arise automatically or can be
registered with the UK IPO.
DATABASE:
Database Rights protect collections of works or data . Which have been systematically arranged
and are accessible electronically or by other means.
In this process registration is not required.
2. b)
Functions of Intellectual property rights:
Intellectual property shall include rights relating to:
1) literary, artistic and scientific works:
2) performances of performing artists, phonograms and broadcasts;
3) inventions in all fields of human behaviour;
4) scientific discoveries;
5) industrial designs;
6) trademarks, service marks, and commercial names and designations;
7) protection against unfair competition and all other rights resulting from intellectual activity in
industrial scientific, literary or artistic fields.
