RTA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wireless Telegraphy Acts, Hugo Gernsback, Latham Loop
28 Aug 2016
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Public broadcasters serve public, funded by taxes. Private broadcasters make money, funded by ads. Produce 1) programs 2) brand/niche: producers listeners and ratings to attract advertisers, (might produce ad as a service) Property: physical can legally own/sell or rent/license. Intellectual non-physical, like creative act/knowledge (4 types) = an invention, a thing or a way to do it. Valid for 20 years from filing (17 before) Policy: reward the inventor and let people make improvements on others" inventions. Be new (novelty): 1) does something new: use an existing thing in a new way, improves on existing machine/process (ex latham loop) Canada + world first to file (called the paris treaty by wipo) Usa first to invent; but hard to prove when, and easy to backdate. Pooled their patents, would smash equipment of those that didn"t pay: filmmakers moved to hollywood b/c far from edison in new jersey. Rca bought a lot of patents in us.
