Essays on Intellectual Property

Introduction There is hardly a single principle of copyright law that is more basic or more often repeated than the so-called idea-expression dichotomy. The doctrine is followed dutifully as an unquestioned principle in hundreds of cases: the “ideas” that are the fruit of an author’s …

TRADE MARK 1. 1. The History Of Trademark Law The marking of goods for various purposes, including identifying them from those of other traders, dates back to ancient times. In the same way, the existence of rules governing the use of such marks goes back …

Business ethics comprise of a set of ethical rules and principles in the context of a corporate. They involve the various moral or ethical problems that can arise in a business setting. Ethical disputes over ownership of intellectual property arise because knowledge, intellect and skills …

Rubik's Cube, a multicolored three-dimensional puzzle, lost a trademark battle on Thursday after Europe's top court said its shape was not sufficient to grant it protection against copycats.The toy, invented in 1974 by Hungarian Erno Rubik, is popular among young and old, with more than …

Intellectual Property Dissertation Guide on Trade Marks and Domain Names Under the Dilution Perspective The following guide could be used by a PhD or Master Level Law student looking to write a dissertation or thesis on intellectual property, particularly trade marks and domain names under …

Term Paper: Intellectual Property Rights: Copyright and Patent BY Indra2002 Term Paper: Intellectual Property Rights: Copyright and Patent Copyrights and patents hold a major importance for business owners, and companies. I will discuss in detail what a copyright and patent are and the importance the …

Questions for Review 1. Pharmaceutical companies do have a responsibility to distribute drugs at a low cost in developing and poorer countries. Africa’s GDP, and per capita income is very low so they cannot afford to buy top-quality medicines. One main argument for this approach …

Introduction There are a number of intellectual property concerns with regards to the given set of facts and these relate to four specific elements of the given facts namely, the publication of the information in GOSSIP magazine, the proposed book written by Jayson, the registration …

Intellectual Intellectual property is under attack by pirates. These pirates are not wearing an eye patch or sporting a peg leg, they are anybody and everybody who are selling or copying software for personal or business use. When it comes to software and online piracy, …

Piracy and Copyright Infringement are major issues that have developed through the use of the Internet and file transfer servers. Developments and advances in these areas over past two decades have my generation within a mouse click of their destination. However, these opened doors have …

Studies have revealed that the social rate of return on R&D expenditures is usually very large, and frequently exceeds private returns by as much as three times (Jones and Williams, 1998). Moreover, these studies prove that the returns to R&D exceed by a big margin …

Introduction The author-date system originated at Harvard University, and although they no longer produce a standard guide to referencing, a version of the author-date system is still commonly referred to as the Harvard style. Other author-date referencing styles include Chicago, APA, and MLA. The Harvard …

Dumping and Anti Dumping Duty A straightforward definition is that ware are dumped if their menu value when foreign made into New Zealand is non precisely their typical regard in the state of menu. The menu cost is the value the merchandiser in New Zealand …

Introduction A teacher is nothing without the proper resources to teach. Resources create the bulk of understanding surrounding a particular subject. Therefore, a teacher is helped greatly by the resources that back them up. Harmer (2006) says, resources help students understand the object of the …

Mount a defence of the actions taken by multinational pharmaceutical companies to maintain and uphold their intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the international economy in recent years. Pharmaceuticals invest a lot of money to research and develop new vaccine and drugs. They therefore require intellectual property …

The procedure of Lasik Surgery is an innovative technique that could provide life lasting changes to individuals afflicted with ophthalmic disorders.  Patents continue to develop and new and improved technologies released.   In considering and evaluating the intellectual property of Lasik surgery, it is important to …

One of the biggest issues may be found through the difference in law between China and Australia; China having civil law and Australia having common law. Therefore in order to have the Joint-Venture contract protected from future changes in the Chinese civil law system a …

Businesses and corporations are often founded with hope of making a profit in the long run. For profit businesses main goal seems to be just this. However, no matter how great an idea may be or seem, without shareholders and consumers, the business cannot be …

Obtaining a big profit is a good sign of success of a company. But before you achieve this kind of accomplishment, one must know the important things that should be considered in doing a business. If a company wants to business in China, one must …

E-Business Makes Protection of Intellectual Property More Critical, Complex than Ever Intellectual property is often defined as the creation of the mind such as inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used In commerce. Intellectual property Is divided Into two parts. …

The second force, new world economy, raises emergence because businesses are now crossing borders and becoming more mobile… Mom of them global. With resources moving around much more, the infrastructure needs to be updated to accommodate theses leaps. Additionally, policies and laws need to be …