Gabriela
Hartanto
LC02/2301851471
Summary session 20-21
The
Importance of Intellectual Property
When a business is
establishing its presence in the marketplace, protecting and managing its
intellectual property is critical as it can mean the difference between success
or failure. That is why it is important for businesses to understand the
different forms of intellectual property because some involve a formal
application and examination process before a right can be registered while
others come into play without the need for a registration process. Below is a
glossary explaining the various rights which businesses may find beneficial.
Confidential information
Obligations of confidence can arise under contract or under
the general law. Duties under the general law may arise from a particular
relationship (employer-employee) or where information has been received by a
person who was aware, or should have been aware, that the information was
confidential. Confidential information can be the most valuable asset of a
business. The information can relate to any subject matter and be stored in any
form. Examples include a new product design, a marketing strategy and software
code.
Copyright
Copyright is the right to prevent copying (and certain
other acts) in relation to works that qualify for protection. Copyright can
subsist in literary, musical, artistic and dramatic works as well as original
databases, sound recordings, films, broadcasts, cable programmes and
typographical arrangements of published editions.
The duration of protection will vary depending on the work. For example,
copyright in literary, musical, artistic and dramatic works, a film or an
original database expires 70 years after the death of the author while in the
case of sound recordings, broadcasts, cable programmes and typographical
arrangements, the duration is 50 years.
Database right
The owner of the database right has the right to
undertake or authorise others to extract or re-utilise all or a substantial
part of the contents of a protected database. A database is protected where
there has been a substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting
the contents of the database. This right is separate to copyright.
The duration of the database right is 15 years from the end of the
calendar year in which the making of the database was completed or it was first
re-utilised.
Designs
A design can be registered if it is new and has individual character. A
design is “new” when nothing like it has been previously made available to the
public and has “individual character” if the overall impression it produces on
an informed user differs from that produced by a design which has previously
been made available to the public.
A design can be registered (in Ireland or Europe) for a period of 5 years
and then renewed, for periods of 5 years, to a maximum period of 25 years.
Patent
A patent gives the inventor the exclusive right, for a limited period, to
prevent others from using his invention without permission. An invention is
patentable if it is:
·
Novel
·
Capable of industrial application
·
Involves an inventive step
A full term patent is registered for 20 years. In Ireland,
it is also possible to register a short term patent for 10 years. It is not
possible though to hold both a full and short term patent for the same
invention. Therefore, when both patents are granted, the short term patent will
be deemed void.
Trade mark
A trade mark identifies goods or services as those produced or provided by
a specific person or enterprise.
The period of protection is 10 years but a trade mark can be renewed
indefinitely on payment of renewal fees.
Having a reasonable knowledge of intellectual property will help
businesses to incorporate these assets into their planning and strategy.
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