INTRODUCTION Now with the copyright law, Copyright Act, Chapter 63 established on 1987 with the new revised version on 2006, any author who creates their own original works automatically has the privilege to have copyright protection. Original works means works that are created with own effort and through processes of developed ideas and their whole new way to express their ideas in their final product. Not only are the works protected in their own country but also countries that signed the international
1. Introduction Nanotechnology has the potential to solve problems related to human civilizations pertaining to both basic needs and aspirations for comfort life. The basic needs of human being are food, drinking water, energy, cloth, shelter, health and clean environment. The aspirations for comfort life are realizing the automation in every field, space travel and expanded lifespan and so on. Due to continuous efforts of scientists and engineers during last 30 years, there is a substantial progress
For the love of food: Best Meals in Films. Warning: Please avoid these films if you are hungry. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006) The 18th century France greets the new queen Marie Antoinette who arrived from Austria for the arranged marriage with the heir to the throne. Young and beautiful, she quickly becomes an icon of French fashion and a symbol of the country's wealth. However, her love of luxury turns out a disaster for the economy and this leads to revolution. Even in this grim context
How to copyright your original work? Preface 1. Define Copyright? Copyright is a branch under intellectual property. Usually, copyright means the absolute right to an original or reproduced work. Copyright also applies to subject-matters other than the works such as sound recordings, communication signals, and performers’ performances. 2. What copyright protects? Works Copyright applies to all literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic original works that met all the conditions provided in the Copyright
Are cellphones dangerous? In 1971 Henry Sampson co invented the Gamma electric cell. Then in 1983 inventing portable telephones since then cellphones has been a big sale, conversation, and show. Cellphones are not dangerous they are helpful they make information easier to access. Over the years there has been statements blaming cellphones as a dangerous device that it causes cancer, people texting and driving people walking around on their phones and not checking their surroundings. Almost everyone
believe that LunarEx should not be granted the patent on “all lunar minerals containing the Helium-3 isotope” because LunarEx did not create anything new from the Helium-3 isotope as of the time they requested the patent. In order for something to be patentable, the invention or improvement must be new, useful, and non-obvious. LunarEx’s request to solely patent the Helium-3 lunar isotope does not meet all of the these requirements. The United States patent law gives rights to the inventor of a process
machine. Then you turn the handle, which runs the cotton through the wire, combing out the seeds. On March 7, 1774, George Washington signed Whitney’s patent for the cotton gin. This invention made him famous overnight. Whitney decided that he would give cotton gins to farms, but he would get a 40% stake in all of the cotton profits. However, due to a patent loophole, many
I, Robert McCormick, was an inventor. However, I am unknown to history, for I did not revolutionize the wheat industry as my son, Cyrus McCormick, did in the mid-nineteenth century. Cyrus became known as one of the most efficacious entrepreneurs in history, and therefore will never be forgotten. However, this success did not come over-night. My son grew up like most farm boys of the time; he worked in the fields, attended a little school, and went to Church. Little did anyone know that this regular
Eli Whitney was an inventor known for creating the Cotton Gin. The Cotton Gin is a machine for processing, picking and cleaning cotton and was created in 1793. The cotton gin made the process of cleaning cotton ten times faster than slaves picking it by hand. Eli Whitney was born December 8th, 1765 and passed away in january 8th, 1825. Whitney grew up on a farm in Westboro Massachusetts with his Mom, Dad, his sister, and his two brothers. The cotton gin is a simple machine used to quickly and easily
The intellectual elements during 1865-1900 mainly involved inventors. Many inventors, about 20,000 per year, in the 1890s “flooded the U.S. Patent Office” with their applications, which was staggering compared to the 1,000 per year in the 1850s (Keene, 475). Some of the more recognizable inventors include Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, and Thomas Edison, who is known for many inventions, including the incandescent light bulb. Also, George Eastman and Isaac Singer were notable
What are patents you may ask? To begin with, patents “are a property right granted by the federal government that gives an inventor an exclusive right to make, use, sell, or offer to sell an invention in the United States for a limited time” (Miller 142). It is a form of intellectual property which encourages individuals the development and creativity of their ideas. Patents are concerned with products or process which are new, something of which the public does not know before the patent is filed
inventions are deserved to be granted for patents. Patents are really important since they helps inventors maintain their ownership of inventions. Therefore, inventors can disclose their designs of inventions without worrying about someone will get their own benefits from those. Patents also help inventors make a lot of money from their inventions in order to give inventors motivation to create more new and fantastic things. Unfortunately, a group of people so called patent trolls take advantages of laws to
Thomas Edison In his 84 years Thomas Edison got a record of 1,093 patents alone and in a group. One of his most known invention was the light bulb. Thomas Edison also made the first motion picture video before he was 30. By the time he past Thomas Edison had 1,093 patents: 389 for electricity, 195 for the phonograph, 150 for the telegraph, 141 for storage batteries and 43 for the telephone. So as you can see he did a lot of work in his 4 years of work. Thomas Edison was one of the best inventors
going to school. She was given a U.S patent for her invention, in 1885. She was the first African-American woman to be given a patent. For a
Trademark Dilution (Victoria Secrets Case) In today’s world consumers purchase products on the basis of brand name and trade symbol which accompanies the product, rather than buying the product on the basis of usefulness and quality. Therefore the protection of the trademark is important. Trademark dilution is a claim which owner of well-known trademark can make to prohibit others from using a mark which decreases or lowers the value or distinctiveness or defames the reputation and uniqueness of
MORAL PROBLEMS IN MICRO ECONOMIC CONTEXTS BY RASHI AGARWAL 14BSP1150 DATE OF SUBMISSION: 20TH JULY 2015 THOMAS EDISON AND RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA ATTEMPT TO MONOPOLISE THE PATENTS OF FILM INDUSTRY BACKGROUND Thomas Alva Edison, was an American inventor and business holding 1,093 US Patents in his name. Some of his devices, which greatly influenced life around the world were the electric light bulb, phonograph and the motion picture camera. In 1892, he had established the General
Altai test and treating the traditional copyrightability doctrines of Merger and Scenes a faire under infringement analysis. Court also erred in trying to find out protectable elements in functional areas of computer programmes, which is the realm of patent law and not copyright law. The freedom to re implement and extend the API’s had played a key role in the progress of the software industry. It had helped in creation of new compatible softwares and compatible API’s helps users to switch platforms
intellectual management and to drive more revenues. Therefore, the organization should conduct patent analysis to identify the technology and exploit it further for licensing purposes. A detailed patent analysis helps to identify the organizations patenting in the field of technology, and thus identify opportunities for out-licensing the technology and potential infringement issues. Building a strong patent portfolio An IP portfolio can act as a shield and sword. A strong IP portfolio helps in protecting
Spare a thought for the environment Society is outraged by patents involving humans and animals based on morality, but what of the environment? No ne should be allowed to pollute the environment with waste resulting from the said experiments. Especially in this day and age where climate change is decimating the world, we can never know what damage to the environment illegal experiments might do. In Article 36 in the European Biotechnology Directive, inventions that cause ‘serious prejudice to the
Essay on Inventors: Edward Jenner & Willis Carrier Inventors are the primary driving force of the economy. They think, invent, and possibly produce products that improve not only the economy but also the lives of people. People have enjoyed and are still enjoying many of the fruits of inventions. The fruits of inventions vary from immunizing people against diseases to enjoying the comfort of adjusting the temperature and humidity of the air circulating indoors. However, people today failed to celebrate