2006-12-20 04:31:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Intellectual property rights, is a law which supposed to protect a person's creation from being exploited by others for financial gain or to claim as their own idea. This law states that permission to use another person's creation must be obtain either by paying royalties, licensing fees or written permission.
A patent is a way you officially claim a technological creation (eg. a software program you created) as your own and give it legal status. So if anyone copies this program and uses it without your permission, you can sue them for patent infringement. Like RIM recently was sued by NTP for patent infringement for using patented software without permission. Hope this answers your question
2006-12-20 04:47:53 · answer #1 · answered by Curious 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Patents are a sub-set of intellectual property rights.
Intellectual Property Rights include:
Patents
Trademarks
Copyrights and
Trade Secrets
2006-12-20 05:25:49 · answer #2 · answered by Aggie80 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
comments do selection among Libertarians. I believe logos as logos are utilized to tell apart the id of a company. i've got faith that patents and copyrights on products must be decreased to 3 or on the main 5 years. presently, those are all filed with government, yet are quite controlled via the courts whilst disputes upward push up.
2016-10-15 07:42:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intelectual property refers to codes and software and written matter as opposed to a product.
2006-12-20 04:40:01 · answer #4 · answered by Tom S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋