World Intellectual Property Organization

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.…

Trademark Law is a vital piece of America that not only protects consumer interests, but also assists in court decisions involving certain conflicts between businesses. Without the Trademark Law, we would see a very different norm in the American business world. Confusion would be commonplace, because nothing would stop businesses from profiting off an established trademark. American society would likely also lose numerous brands that have become household names as the result of the strength and…

recording, paintings, photographs, films and radio programs. This right protects individual rights and economic interests of the author in relation to this work. Partly it speaks also of the intellectual property intellectual property and thus is placed on the physical property protection and intellectual property, but together, but this concept is being fiercely debated. Copyright does not need to be registered and belong to the author when a work is recorded retain at least once on a storage…

Anderson excelled in using quotes. He used the quotes from different people in his paper. One quote in his article that really stuck out to me was a quote by Sonny Bunch that stated, “The purpose of intellectual property created by artists so they are rewarded for their efforts. The purpose of intellectual property law is to punish people who steal that which isn’t theirs.” (661) It gives an overview of what the author’s opinion is towards the subject. Anderson clearly stood on the side of the…

The issues are (i) whether Eason and Faye are partners of FAE Music; (ii) whether they are liable for breach of contract with (a) studio musicians and (b) Andy, for (c) copyright infringement against Andy and (d) destruction of the recording equipment; and (iii) if yes, whether they can share the liabilities with Ringo. Partnership Faye, Adele and Eason signed a written agreement providing for each of them to share the business’ profits and defining their respective responsibilities in FAE…

internationally is risky. Licensing is uncertain because intellectual property protection may not be available in every country, and domain name regulations may not protect the company’s trademarks and other proprietary rights (Groupon). Consequently, the company may not be able to prevent third parties from acquiring and using similar domain names and registering its trademarks. Thus, third parties that license the company’s intellectual property rights may diminish the value of the company’s…

Stop Bea! Do you know what you're doing? I bet you didn't know your deplorable online pirating habit affects everyone, including you! Although Australia has delayed releases of television shows and movies, this is no excuse for Australians being the world’s worst infringers of online copyright (Hayes, Alex, 2015). Bea: So what is copyright? It’s the legal right given to creators of original works to exclusively use or distribute their works for a limited time. It thereby provides creators of…

DMCA is broken, simply because the creators of the intellectual property do not seem to be as protected as the people who are potentially infringing, or that companies like YouTube can have others work on their site, simply by claiming it isn’t their fault. This is not true. In fact, the DMCA often protects copyright holders work. MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster is a perfect example of this. In 2005, a small conglomeration of intellectual property holders sued file sharing site Grokster after they…

Princeton and a DMA in contemporary flute performance form UC San Diego in 2002. She has published two books, many articles and essays, and is currently working on two more books. Demers work focuses on 20th and 21st century popular music and intellectual property rights as she contributes significantly to these communities. Steal This Music is divided into four decisive chapters with a preceding introduction that traces the evolution of copyright law from its original meaning of “the right to…

licensing fees for Microsoft to provide software for its schools (Story, Darch, &Halbert, 2006). The same is true for most nations of the South. John Perry Barlow of the U.S. Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a speech in January 2005 addressing the World Social Forum that, “Already Brazil spends more in licensing fees in proprietary software than it spends on hunger “(Story, Darch, & Halbert, 2006, p.165). The cost of software licensing should not be a matter of life and death for citizens…