Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter 18: Intellectual Property

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

Document Summary

Intellectual property protects creations of the mind, but not ideas. It protects the expression and application of ideas. Also refers to protection attached to ideas through patent, copyright, trademark, industrial design, and other similar laws. To practice = make, use or sell. Provide exclusive rights to (cid:498)practice(cid:499) an invention. The patent act defines invention as (cid:498)any new and useful art, process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter or any new and useful improvements in these(cid:499) Processes or methods (cid:523)business method = (cid:498)art(cid:499)(cid:524) Things that receive exclusive protections under other areas of the law. Computer programs copyright law, but could be patented for a computerized method of controlling operation of a plant. Requirements for patentability frequently patented; not excluded in canada. Things that are not patentable for policy reasons. Practical application of theory could quality for patent protection. Things that don"t meet the definition of a patent. Scientific principles, natural phenomena, theorems (cid:498)discoveries(cid:499)