BCS 421
Prof. Tim Richardson During the
Jan - April 2002 term
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BCS 421 |
Prof. Tim Richardson During the Jan - April 2002 term |
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Section UU
Stage (Chpt) Nine
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Why do we talk about Patent
protecting in BCS 421?
Because ... many entrepreneurs are also investors of new things. When you create something totally new - the first question people are concerned about - especially in the Internet world, is protecting the invention from being stolen until you can start to make thousands of the items and sell them to make money. Protecting your invention is not just about Patents - strictly speaking (as the text says) Intellectual Property is broken down into 5 components [in Canadian law]
" Intellectual property is a legal concept under which we manage the protection and use of products of the human mind (as opposed to the human hand). " http://www.copyright.com/CopyrightResources/default.asp Some information on patents
and protecting your ideas and inventions comes from the textbook - there
are also many good sources on the web sites of the Canadian law firms
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| Feb 6th
Section UU
Stage (Chpt) Nine
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Trademarks
page 207 in the text "A Trademark is a word, symbol, picture, design, or combination of these which distinguishes your goods and services from thos of others in the marketplace" Trademarks can be registered and non-registered To register a trademark means to file it with a government agency for the purpose of securing the right to have exclusive use of that shape or symbol or phrase, and the right to sue anybody who copies it and uses it without your consent. |
| . | What is Copyright
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=copyright "The legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work.". a good FAQ on copyright issues
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| . | Obtaining a Copyright
page 208 in the text . |
| . | Obtaining a Copyright
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/cp_main-e.html the main page from the CIPO for copyright info . |
| . | Obtaining a Copyright,
International
There is no such thing as an "international copyright" that will automatically protect an author's writings throughout the entire world. Protection against unauthorized use in a particular country depends, basically, on the national laws of that country. However, most countries do offer protection to foreign works under certain conditions, and these conditions have been greatly simplified by international copyright treaties and conventions. - for more info http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html#icp. |
| . | Obtaining a Copyright
http://www.copyrightpros.com info from an American company that provides copyright services . |
| . | Copyright - Canadian
authorities
. "Under Canada's copyright law, creators and publishers have the right to decide when and how their work is reproduced, whether it's being copied with a photocopier, electronically or through other means. In the past, though, it was difficult for those who wanted permission to copy materials to track down creators and publishers and it was difficult for creators and publishers to protect their rights when copying was done illegally. " "Today, CANCOPY licences provide users with convenient and easy to obtain legal permission to copy, while fairly compensating copyright owners for that copying.Through bilateral agreements with similar organizations in other countries, CANCOPY provides Canadians with licensed access to published works from around the world, while also providing Canadian creators and publishers with a means to license their published works abroad. " |
| . | Obtaining a Copyright
- When copyright does not apply
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/copy_gd_protect-e.html#section04 "Titles, names and short word combinations are usually not protected by copyright. A "work" or other "subject-matter" for copyright purposes must be something more substantial. However, if a title is original and distinctive, it is protected as part of the work it relates to. You may have a brilliant idea for a mystery plot but until the script is actually written, or the motion picture produced, there is no copyright protection. In the case of agame, it is not possible to protect the idea of the game, that is, the way the game is played, but the language in which the rules are written would be protected as a literary work. Copyright is restricted to the expression in a fixed manner (text, recording, drawing) of an idea; it does not extend to the idea itself." Other items which are not protected by copyright include:
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| . | Obtaining a Copyright
©
http://whatiscopyright.org go to this site and scroll down to see info about The Famous © Symbol. . |
Obtaining a Copyright
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| Government
Help
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"Of any level of government,
it is perhaps the local municipalities that can have the most direct influence
on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Although the federal and
provincial governments may have a huge influence on a business's way of
doing business, its operating structure and many of its tax obligations,
local communities help define what the business is.
How local governments
help shape their communities, therefore, helps determine the development
of the local business community. Businesses, in return, also contribute
to the definition of the community in the goods and services they produce,
the jobs they create and the investments they make. For the most part,
SMEs serve their local communities and business owners accurately reflect
their communities' sets of values. "
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