1. Intellectual Property

2. Objectives
• Define intellectual property
• Understand and avoid plagiarism
• Understand and avoid copyright infringement
• Understand and avoid trademark infringement
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3. Intellectual Property
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4. Intellectual Property
• Intellectual
property is the
legal ownership of
an idea rather
than a thing
• It is the blueprint
of a house not the
house
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5. Plagiarism
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6. Definition
• Plagiarism is the use of another person’s
words or ideas without giving proper credit
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7. Plagiarism at Work Place
• Proper documentation avoids accusations of
theft of ideas
• It strengthens one’s points in a paper
• It allows others to access the sources
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8. Plagiarism at Work Place
• The work place has less restrictive rules than
does a research paper
• Often precise information is not required but
only general acknowledgement
– Sources name or title of work
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9. Copyright
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10. Definition ©
• Copyright is a federal law (Title 17, U.S. Code)
protecting literary, scholarly, and artistic works
from unauthorized copying
• International treaties offer the similar
protections across national borders
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11. Works Protected
• Literary works
• Musical works
• Dramatic works
• Choreographic works
• Pictorial, graphic, & sculptural works
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12. Works Protected
• Motion pictures and other audiovisual
works
• Sound recordings
• Architectural works
• Java applets
• “Web pages”
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13. Not Protected
• Performance not recorded
• Titles, names, short phrases, slogans,
familiar symbols or designs
• Blank forms that collect information
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14. Not Protected
• Works consisting entirely of information that
is common property; e.g. rulers
• Ideas, procedures, methods, systems,
processes, etc. – these can be patented
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15. Rights to the Copyright Owner
1. The right to reproduce the copyrighted work.
2. The right to prepare derivative works based upon
the original(s).
3. The right to distribute copies of the work.
4. The right to perform the work publicly.
5. The right to display the work publicly.
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16. Obtaining
• It is secured automatically when the work is
created
• No registration or publication is required
• Notice of copyright not required
• Registration is recommended
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17. Length
• Created after January 1, 1978 – author’s life
plus 70 years
• Before January 1, 1978 – 95 years including
renewals
• Mickey Mouse expires in 2018
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18. Fair Use
• Provision of the copyright law (section
107) which allows limited reproduction
rights without permission
– Educational
– Reviews
– Media reporting
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19. Fair Use
• Key considerations
– Purpose and character of use
– Nature of the copyrighted work
– Amount and substantiality used
– Effect on potential market value
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20. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998)
• An attempt to balance the freedom of the
Internet with copyright privileges.
• Protects Google and similar computer
services.
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21. Trademarks
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22. Trademark ®
Trademark ™ is a word, phrase, symbol or
design, or a combination of words, phrases,
symbols or designs, that identifies and
distinguishes the source of the goods of one
party from those of others.
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23. Service Mark SM
is the same as a trademark, except that it
identifies and distinguishes the source of a
service rather than a product.
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24. Internet
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25. Beware
• The Internet does not edit for copyright,
trademark, service mark or plagiarism
• Just because it is on the Internet does
not mean it is not protected
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26. Copyright Infringement Penalties
Criminal Civil
• Pays the actual dollar • Financial from $200 to
amount of damages and $150,000 for each work
infringed
profits.
• Pay for all attorneys fees
• The infringer can go to and court costs.
jail up to 5 years. • Injunction to stop the
infringing acts.
• Impound the illegal works.
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27. Copyright Free
• Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/
• Wikipedia: Public domain image resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_ima
ge_resources
• Public Domain Pictures
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/
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28. Beware
• Look at use requirements
– Protected
– Limited protection
– Free use
• Commercial reuse is often not permitted
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29. Summary
• Plagiarism is the use of another person’s
words or ideas without giving credit
• Copyright legally protects works from use
without permission
• Trademark legally protects images and
phrases identity from use without permission
• Service mark legally protects a service
identity from use without permission
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30. Resources
• Copyright Basics (Circular 1) – U.S. Copyright
Office
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
• Basic Facts About Trademarks U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/b
asic/
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31. Resources
• Intellectual Property Digital Library WIPO
http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/
• A Visit to Copyright Bay
http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/in
dex.htm
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32. Resources
• Copyright and Digital Media in a Post- Napster
World (2005)
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/wp2005.pd
f
• Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, and
Licensing Issues
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/copyright/
• Educuse
http://www.educause.edu/node/645/tid/31236?tim
e=1292014533
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33. Court Cases
• Summaries of Fair Use Cases Stanford
University Libraries and Academic Information
Resourceshttp://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Us
e_Overview/chapter9/9-c.html
• Frivolous Claims
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=653525433082
6636982&q=copyright+infringement+&hl=en&as_sdt=40003
&as_ylo=2010
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