INTELLECTUAL PROPERT Y

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INITIAL POLL!https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/a423c26c-950a-4261-a30d-9acd7c35c794

WHAT IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY?

• Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as

– inventions;

– literary and artistic works;

– designs; and

– symbols, names and images used in commerce.

• Example: Sport and Intellectual Property

TYPES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• Copyright

• Patents

• Trademarks

• Industrial designs

• Geographical indicators

TYPES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• Group activity for students

• 5 groups – 5 topics:

– copyright, patent, trademark, industrial design and geographical indications

• Research and make online poster using Glogster, PiktoChart or Thinglink

• Present!

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND SOFTWARE• Software is a type of intellectual property (IP), which is governed by copyright laws and, in some

countries, patent laws

• Proprietary software is another name for non-free software

• Open source software licenses – concepts:

– Freeware

– Shareware

– GNU

ORGANIZATIONS

• Free Software Foundation

• Open Source Initiative

• Copyleft

• Creative Commons

PLAGIARISM

• Plagiarism involves the use of another person’s work without full and clear referencing and acknowledgement

• In open-source software there is plagiarism when someone deletes the author of something

DISCUSSIONS• COPYRIGHT:• I have taken some pictures of the scenery. Are they protected by copyright?

• I have thought of a story but have not written it down. Is it protected by copyright?

• EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT OWNERS:• I have uploaded my self-composed songs onto my personal webpage so that they can be

downloaded by other people.

• I have composed an opera. I plan to have a public performance of my opera in an opera house.

• PROTECTION PERIOD OF COPYRIGHT:• I’m a great poet who has written so many poems. My descendents will possess the copyright of my

poems forever.

• Beethoven died more than a hundred years ago. If I perform his composition in public, I will not infringe any copyright.

DISCUSSIONS

• PHOTOCOPYING IN SCHOOL:• This book is too expensive and I cannot afford it. I should seek the help of my teachers because

they should have the right to photocopy books.• This book has been out of print for many years. I think it is okay to copy it and distribute the copies

to my students.• COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE:• The school does not have this learning software. I can install such software (which I have used in my

computer at home) in the school’s computers, so that my classmates can share it.• There are many pictures and texts over the Internet. I can email them to my classmates for their

reference.• COPYRIGHT IN WORKS CREATED BY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS:• These works are created by my students. As a teacher, I have the right to copy their work.• I can photocopy the teaching material given by Miss Chan and distribute the copies to the students

of other schools.

CASE STUDY “PROPERTY RIGHTS VIOLATIONS”• Using Internet resources research famous cases of property rights violations, such as:

– The Graphical User Interface (Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation)

– Digital Video Recording (TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Corp.)

– ENIAC (Honeywell v. Sperry Rand)

• Make a short presentation using online presentation making tool such as Prezi

• Present!

“MY OWN INVENTION”

• Statements for discussion about patents:– This “smart home” is my invention. I should disclose it to the public via the media prior to patent

registration.

– I have copied the idea of smart vacuum cleaner invented by another inventor. Only the appearance is slightly different. I think I can register a patent for it.

• What is wrong with above views?

• Draw your new inventions on a sheet of paper. The new invention should meet three requirements. It must be new, inventive and industrially applicable.

• Brainstorm1. What are the functions of your invention?

2. How does your invention meet the three requirements: new, inventive and industrially applicable?

3. Do you think your invention has any commercial value? Why?

IDEA SPRINTING

• Divide into groups

• Come up with as much as possible ideas on how to prevent copyright and intellectual property violations in only 5 minutes

– how to prevent illegal distribution of software

– how to stop a movie being destributed online for free

– how to prevent illegal distribution of music

– how to prevent industrial patents from being stolen

– …

• Present!

CONCLUSION!

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