Intellectual property law

intellectually curious is derogatory. Fridman references Webster’s New World Dictionary, providing a definition for the term “geek.” This reference demonstrates how disrespected intellectuals are treated in America. These derogatory terms are not just insulting to intellectual people, they are also damaging the way we see those intellectuals and place them in society. As long as we continue to degrade the intellectually curious with such harsh names, we will never be able to…

Ethics and Intellectual Property Intellectual property is “intangible property, the product of human ingenuity, protected by law” (Lau & Johnson, 2015). Intellectual property includes things such as ideas, a title, a patent, or a trademark. There have been many court cases documented on the issue of intellectual property along with some ethical concerns that accompany. Some familiar cases are the Kellogg Cereal Shredded Whole Wheat cereal idea, the debate of who is rightfully the father of…

Utilitarian theorists generally endorse the creation of intellectual property rights as a means to foster innovation. The rights are permitted for a limited duration of time in order balance the social welfare loss of monopoly exploitation the protection of utilitarian works, particularly, technological inventions. Principally, the social value of utilitarian works lies in their ability to perform tasks (for example, a better can opener) or satisfy desires more effectively or at lower costs.…

Intellectual property rights help to regulate creative labour. They can include, patents for inventions, and trademarks to help protect market share. They can also refer to copyright; ‘literary works (such as novels, poems and plays), films, music, artistic works (e.g. drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures) and architectural design’. Intellectual property rights grant owners exclusive rights. These rights enable them to carry out specific acts, while at the same time, excluding…

During class, a topic was brought up that was very interesting and needed to be further investigated and researched. There has been a battle over copyright, intellectual rights, moral rights, and resale rights of artists in the United States. There have been laws passed that deal with these rights along with lawsuits that have appeared to the courts. Artist resale rights are also important to focus on because there are some differing opinions between government officials and artists themselves.…

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Require Strong Property Rights G) Strong legal protection of property rights is another requirement for a business environment conducive to innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. The Required Political System H) In the West, it is often argued that democracy is good for economic growth. However, there are examples of totalitarian regimes that have fostered a market economy and strong property rights protection and experienced rapid…

As we known, intellectual property is something unique that is physically created. For example, copyright starts as soon as a work is physically recorded, saved or typed. A writer enjoys copyright after his/her work has been typed, a singer, after his/her song has been recorded…

Copyright Laws: Are Web Photos Protected? If the computer and website allows one to download a photo, is this individual committing copyright infringement? Possibly, yes. Copyright laws are confusing to almost everyone, including the artists and composers, and/or the creator of this image or intellectual property, as well as the one who wants to download this composition, no matter the reason. There are exceptions, such as teaching purposes, ‘fair use’, 'public domain ', as well as for…

some of the most important pieces of legislation in our country’s history: copyright law. Copyright’s purpose is to protect the intellectual property of creators, so that their work cannot be used, or reproduced without their consent. This gives creators the security that their assets will not be stolen, and thus, creates an environment that encourages new innovation and artistic expression. However, copyright law no longer works towards its original purpose. Instead, large corporations use it…

Current Situation Illegal Downloading Since the Internet began, people have been sharing files with each other around the world. Many of these files are music, video, and other forms of media. But these files are illegal copies of intellectual properties, which are being given away without compensation to the IP owners. This has become a large problem for the music industry and other digital formats of media. File sharing websites have been around the Internet for years, but the former world…