LAWS1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Implied Consent, Copyright Law Of Australia, Iinet
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Intellectual property: copyright, trademarks, patents, designs, breach of confidence. Intellectual property (ip) is a form of intangible creation such as the expression of an idea or a trade mark. It is a product of intellectual effort rather than a physical manufacturing process. Intellectual property law grants a business the right to prevent others from copying, using or exploiting its. The value can be immense: geo(cid:396)ge lu(cid:272)as(cid:859) ta(cid:396) wa(cid:396)s billion 2015. Jk o(cid:449)li(cid:374)g(cid:859)s ha(cid:396)(cid:396)(cid:455) potte(cid:396) billion 2016: microsoft trademark . 8 billion 2011. Multiple categories of ip rights: name/logo - protected by trade mark law, inventions/processes/method - protected by patent law, information - protected as a commercial secret. 3 requirements for protection: the creation is a (cid:858)(cid:449)o(cid:396)k(cid:859) o(cid:396) (cid:858)su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t (cid:373)atte(cid:396) othe(cid:396) tha(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:396)ks(cid:859), the creation is original, the creation is expressed in a material form. E(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t 1: the (cid:272)(cid:396)eatio(cid:374) is a (cid:858)wo(cid:396)k(cid:859) o(cid:396) (cid:858)su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t (cid:373)atte(cid:396) othe(cid:396) tha(cid:374) wo(cid:396)ks(cid:859) s32 ca extends protection to (cid:858)(cid:449)o(cid:396)ks(cid:859):