INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY



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•1. Intellectual property is the contents of all the brain you have in your head.
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•2. If Albert Einstein lived today, he could have his theory patented.
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•3. If Chopin had patented his music, he would have had a lot of money.
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•4. As soon as you finish your first novel, you have to register copyright.
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•5. You do not have to mark computer programs with the international copyright symbol ©.
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•6. Copyright can be readily sold.
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•7. Richard Powell is the copyright holder of this book.

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•1. Intellectual property is the contents of all the brain you have in your head.
•2. If Albert Einstein lived today, he could have his theory patented.
•3. If Chopin had patented his music, he would have had a lot of money.
•4. As soon as you finish your first novel, you have to register copyright.
•5. You do not have to mark computer programs with the international copyright symbol ©.
•6. Copyright can be readily sold.
•7. Richard Powell is the copyright holder of this book.
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•Complete the table
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Patent
Copyright
What does it protect?
How do you get it?
Who holds/owns it?

•F 1. Intellectual property is the contents of all the brain you have in your head.
1.
•F 2. If Albert Einstein lived today, he could have his theory patented.
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•F 3. If Chopin had patented his music, he would have had a lot of money.
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•F 4. As soon as you finish your first novel, you have to register copyright.
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•T 5. You do not have to mark computer programs with the international copyright symbol ©.
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•T 6. Copyright can be readily sold.
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•F 7. Richard Powell is the copyright holder of this book.
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Patent
Copyright
What does it protect?
It is granted for discovery of scientific work (technology), shown for the first time in public and
having industrial application
It protects literature, artistic works, computer programs or TV broadcasts
How do you get it?
It must be applied for at the Patent Office
It need not be applied for.
Who holds/owns it?
It is usually held by a company rather than the individual scientist.
It is usually owned by the creator, i.e. writer, painter or musician.

CONTRASTING INFORMATION
•Summarise the differences between patents and copyrights using prepositions UNLIKE or AS OPPOSED
TO.
•Examples:
•- Unlike spouses, unmarried partners do not have the right to inherit from each other.
•- As opposed to sole traders who pay tax on profits only, companies have two layers of tax.
•- Self-employed persons, unlike employees, must take care of their own social security.

Giving arguments
•Group A – you strongly oppose to any limitations, copying and downloading should be allowed fully.
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•Group B – Copying and downloading at home is just as bad as stealing from a store.
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•Group C – some copying should be allowed but it has to be regulated. How?