Paper Topic:
Business Law
Business Law (Your Name (Your University 2007 Discuss the characteristics of each of the following : Patent - Copyright - Trade Secret - Trademark A patent is a legal document issued by the United States to the inventor (Lectlaw web site , n .d . The owner or the inventor shall have the right to exclude others from using or selling the invention subject of the patent . The utility patent is a right granted to the exclusive use and sale of new invention , most often from 17 to 18 years from its grant while design patent is
also a new invention but it is non functional and is up to 14 years from date of issuance of the patent (Nolo web site , n .d . A plant patent is a grant by the government to an inventor (or his heirs or assigns ) who has "invented " or discovered and asexually reproduced a distinct and new variety of plant , other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state (Plant Patent web site , n .d
A copyright is granted for original creative expressions produced by authors , composers , artists , designers , programmers , and similar creative individuals . Copyright law does not protect ideas and facts only the manner in which those ideas and facts are expressed (Nolo web site , n .d . The protection accorded is usually longer up to 100 years
A trade secret is information which is classified as confidential and which gives it an edge in terms of competition over other similarly situated businesses (Nolo web site , n .d . This lasts as long as the business keeps the trade secret for its business
Trademark is a right give to businesses which use distinctive names , designs , logos , slogans , or other signifiers to identify and distinguish their products and services (Nolo web site , n .d . The right granted lasts as long as the business uses the designs , logos in the conduct of its business
References
LectLaw website , Patent ' Retrieved on October 10 , 2007 , from HYPERLINK "http /www .lectlaw .com /def2 /p014 .htm http /www .lectlaw .com /def2 /p014 .htm
Nolo web site , Patents , copyright and trademark ' Retrieved on October 10 , 2007 , from
HYPERLINK "http /www .nolo .com /product .cfm /ObjectID /0609DF22-F581-4BB3 9EBE49E416C6E9FA /sampleChapter /2 /310 http /www .nolo .com /product .cfm /ObjectID /0609DF22-F581-4BB3 9EBE49E416C6E9FA /sampleChapter /2 /310
Plant Patent web site , FAQs ' Retrieved on October 10 , 2007 , from
HYPERLINK "http /www .plantpatent .com /faq .html faq001 http /www .plantpatent .com /faq .html faq001
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