Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Personal Property, Trade Secret, Due Diligence

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Susan Toth

Document Summary

Copyright: control over the use and reproduction of the expression of creative work. A type of intellectual property: public domain: the category of works that are no longer copyrighted and may be used by anyone. Once a copyright expires, the idea or thing becomes apart of this public domain and is no longer subjected to anyones control. It is a corporation: used to give the creator exclusive rights to pro t from it for a set period of time. The expression has to be original, not the idea: works protected by the copyright act include. Literary works, dramatic works, musical works, artistic works, performances, sound recordings and communication symbols. !1: the copyright act not protects computer programs as well (as of 1988) There is no need to register or even publish the work. Registration would be wise though: registration can be done through the canadian intellectual property of ce, the notation looks like: copyright (the c logo)