CHM 4123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Non-Disclosure Agreement, Patent Application, Industrial Design
11 Feb 2020
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Copyright; protects creative original work in various forms and gives their exclusivity to reproduce the work. Lasts as long as the life of the creator +50 years. Industrial design; novel features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to a finished aricle. Trademark; a sign that differentiates your products and service from others that excludes others from using it. Use tm before registered and after. 5 categories: coined term, unrelated dictionary words. Trade secret; confidential and valuable business information. Lasts as long as confidentially maintained never disclose without patent or a non-disclosure agreement. Patent for new and useful innovations that are not obvious up to 20 years from filing. Deal of a patent in exchange of the public disclosure, the innovator gets exclusive rights for 20 years. An economic tool; enter the market and exclude others from it. Commercialize; to attract industry partners, attract financing, strategically to achieve research goals. Public domain; can make the information as such.
