ENGINEER 1P03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Industrial Design, Reverse Engineering

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Engineering (General)
• Course: ENGINEER 1P03
• Professor: Robert Fleisig

Document Summary

Week 6 readings chapter 8 intellectual property in law. When an idea is created into a tangible form it becomes intellectual property: this can be owned, sold, bought, or licensed, ethical laws apply to tangible results of creativity. Proprietary intellectual property: property with exclusive ownership, six of interest to engineers. Integrated circuit topographies: to establish ownership of intellectual property. Application made to government office, then it is registered in. Canadian intellectual property office (cipo: information with no ownership is in the public domain, anyone can use it. The importance of intellectual property: two consequences on principles of ownership and of requirements for registering intellectual property. Owner can control and profit from use of the work by others. Records of registered intellectual property are public. Research, private study, news reporting, criticism, review: copyright act permits small amount of copying/reproduction under, program decompilation, form of reverse engineering. Legal issue whether it is fair dealing or not.