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.