Intellectual property rights
Rights that protect the ideas, inventions and works people create, so nobody copies or uses them without the owner's permission. There are six kinds.
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Unit 2 · Lesson 2
Intellectual property rights
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Mariam designed a logo for her team, and a week later she found it on another company's product!
Intellectual property rights protect what people create: ideas, inventions and works.
They stop anyone from copying or using it without the owner's permission.
There are 6 types, each protecting something different.
Intellectual property
Copyright
Neighboring rights
Patents
Trademarks
Industrial designs
Geographical indications
Intellectual property = protection for your creations against copying and unauthorized use
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Intellectual property rights
Rights that protect the ideas, inventions and works people create, so nobody copies or uses them without the owner's permission. There are six kinds.
Automatic, or must you register?
Copyright starts automatically the moment you make the work, even if you never register it. Industrial property must be registered with the competent authority to be protected.
How long industrial property is protected
A patent lasts 20 years. A utility model lasts 7 years. An industrial design lasts 10 years. A trademark lasts 10 years and can be renewed.
Copyright: moral and financial
Moral rights: the work is credited to you and you can object to any distortion of it. Financial rights: copying, distribution, translation, public performance and publishing to the public.
Neighboring rights
For those who bring a work to the public without being its author. A writer composes a song and owns the copyright. The singer, the record company and the station that broadcasts it hold neighboring rights.
How long copyright lasts
The author's lifetime plus 50 years. If the author died in 2020, the rights stay protected until the end of 2070, and the heirs receive the financial rights.
Copyright infringement
Using a protected work without the owner's consent. You need permission before using a book, image, music clip, program or video. Illegally downloading music and films that are sold is infringement.
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Intellectual property rights
Intellectual property = protection for your creations against copying and unauthorized use
Automatic or must you register?
Copyright is automatic. Industrial property must be registered
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How long industrial property is protected
Patent 20 years, utility model 7, designs 10, trademark 10 and renewable
Copyright: moral and financial
Moral = credit and objecting to distortion. Financial = copying, distribution, translation, performance and publishing
Neighboring rights
Author = copyright. Whoever brings the work to the public = neighboring rights
How long copyright lasts
Copyright lasts the author's life + 50 years after death
Copyright infringement
Using a protected work without the owner's permission = infringement
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Unit 2
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Automatic, or must you register?
Copyright starts automatically the moment you make the work, even if you never register it. Industrial property must be registered with the competent authority to be protected.
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How long industrial property is protected
A patent lasts 20 years. A utility model lasts 7 years. An industrial design lasts 10 years. A trademark lasts 10 years and can be renewed.
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Copyright: moral and financial
Moral rights: the work is credited to you and you can object to any distortion of it. Financial rights: copying, distribution, translation, public performance and publishing to the public.
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Neighboring rights
For those who bring a work to the public without being its author. A writer composes a song and owns the copyright. The singer, the record company and the station that broadcasts it hold neighboring rights.
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How long copyright lasts
The author's lifetime plus 50 years. If the author died in 2020, the rights stay protected until the end of 2070, and the heirs receive the financial rights.
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Copyright infringement
Using a protected work without the owner's consent. You need permission before using a book, image, music clip, program or video. Illegally downloading music and films that are sold is infringement.
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Questions about this lesson
- What are intellectual property rights?
- Rights that protect the products of human creativity in literature, art, science and trade, so nobody copies or uses them without the owner's permission.
- What is the difference between copyright and industrial property?
- Copyright starts automatically once you create the work, with no registration. Industrial property (patents, trademarks) must be registered with the competent authority.
- How long does copyright last?
- The author's lifetime plus 50 years after death. If an author died in 2020, the rights stay protected until the end of 2070.
- What is copyright infringement?
- Using a protected work without the owner's permission, such as illegally downloading music and films that are sold.