CMST 3II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Personality Rights, Intangible Property, Traditional Knowledge
10 Apr 2019
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A broad category: there are many types of ip. Each gives a limited set of rights in these intangibles: in a way this is balanced with some kind of broader public good. We will be looking at copyright, trademark, and patents, along with personality rights and traditional knowledge. Thursday, january 10: it protects the creative work (innovative) of an individual. Gives a limited set of rights in these intangibles. Copyright: grants rights in artistic, dramatic, musical, architectural, and literary works. Trademark: grants rights in a word and/or symbol that distinguished services/wares from those of someone else. Patent: grants rights in inventions and improvements. Neighbouring rights: performances, sound recordings, communication signals. Industrial design: e. g. unique chair design. Confidential information: prevents information from being disclosed to others. Plant breeder"s rights: sale or commercial use. Thursday, january 10: protects against the wrongful appropriation of aspects of personality or a person"s image. A strain of wheat plant breeders rights.
