Yale Braunstein
Fall 2003

Types of Intellectual Property


Copyright
Patent
Trademark
Trade Secrecy
Other
What is protected
“original works of authorship”(*)
products, processes
business identities
business secrets
design patents, chip masks, databases
Symbols 
© (p) 
Patented...
™, SM, ®
.
(m)
Registration
Library of Congress
Patent Office
Patent Office
---
.
Tests
originality (implicit)
unique, novel, non-obvious
does not duplicate existing mark
.
.
How obtained
Publication (registration)
Examination by PTO
Registration with PTO, common law
create secret
.
Duration
Life + 70 yrs., 95 yrs. (1998 changes)
17 yrs., renewable
while in use
while secret
.
Law of
federal, mostly civil
federal, civil
federal, civil
state, civil & criminal
.

 

In the U.S. copyright covers the following categories or works (Section 102):
1)literary works

2)musical works

3)dramatic works

4)pantomimes and choreographic works

5)pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works

6)motion pictures and other audiovisual works

7)sound recordings.

There are five specific, separable rights (Section 106):

1)to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords

2)to prepare derivative works

3)to distribute copies

4)to perform the work publicly

5)to display the work publicly.