What are copyrights and intellectual property rights?

Answer 1

Copyright law gives creators of original works the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display the work, or authorize others to do so, for a limited time.

Patent law gives inventors of devices, processes, or plant hybrids the exclusive write to make, use, import, and sell the invention for a limited time.

Answer 2

A patent is used to protect the method of manufacturingspecifically as itsafeguards the technological aspects of new or unique methods. In patents one can secure one's unique method of processing whereas in copyright, it gives one an exclusive right to own some idea, expression and even information. Copyrights©

claim that the material belongs to some certain person and cannot be used without one's permission.

Answer 3

They protect different things, are obtained, maintained and protected in different ways, have different border and treaty implications, have different durations, are infringed by different acts, raise different defenses, are administered by different agencies of the government, have different fee structures for obtaining and maintaining them, have different impact on research and markets.

Copyright is given for a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or any other creation of cinematographic works and television productions. The domain of the Copyright includes writings, music, works of fine arts, paintings, sculptures, computer programs, electronic databases, books, pamphlets, lectures, addresses, sermons, dramatic-musical works, choreographic works, cinematographic works, drawing, architecture, engraving, lithography, photographic works, applied art, illustrations, maps, plans, sketches, three-dimensional works relating to geography, topography, translations, adaptations, arrangements of music, multimedia productions, etc. Copyright is automatic once the product is fixed in a tangible medium.

A patent is granted for an invention. An invention is defined as "a new product or process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application." Therefore, the criteria for an invention to be patentable are -- (i) it must be novel or new; (ii) it must have an inventive step; and (iii) it must be capable of industrial application. Patent will be granted only after passing the patentable criteria.

Answer 4

copyright is the right of the owner to save his/her property from plagiarism.

If a publisher publishes a matter in a book to which another publisher has rights then this is the violation of the copyright. Plagiarism is a crime. If you have written a paper, borrowed material from someone else and did not give him the credit, then this is plagiarism.

intellectual property is for example, a book , an invention.

Copyright is one type of intellectual property, which automatically gives the creator of an original work the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display the work, or authorize others to do so, for a limited time.

Other forms of intellectual property are patents, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Answer 5

Intellectual Property as defined by CIPO (Canadian Intellectual Property Office):

"Legal rights that result from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary and artistic fields."

Intellectual Property is protected as follows:

• Trademarks - Protect your business identity of Name, Logo and Domain Name
• Copyrights - Protect all creative intellectual property, i.e. Artistic, dramatic, Literary and musical.
• Patents - Protects Inventions

So the difference between Intellectual Property rights and copyrights is just that copyrights are a kind of Intellectual property

Answer 6

Patent: the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.

Copyright: the exclusive right granted by a government to a creator to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display an original creative work for a certain number of years.

Property Rights: laws created by governments to define how individuals can control, benefit from, and transfer property.

Answer 7

In the most basic terms, patents protect inventions, and copyright protects creative works.

Answer 8

Copyright law protects original creative works, such as sculpture, music, and books.

Patent law protects inventions and processes, such as pharmaceuticals, machines, and hybrid plants.