Intellectual Property/Copyright/Ethics:Implication to teachers and students

Summary By: Daniela Ortiz and Vanesa puga

Intellectual Property• IP is a creation of a mind,

for example: invenions,names, designs, etc.

• Categories:• Indistrial properties:

inventions,trademarks, industrial despigns and geographic indications.

• copyright:literary and artistic works (drawings, dance, poems, photographs, etc.)

• Rights: related to copyright (performances, phonograms in recordings, broadcasters.

What is…?• “Copyright is a legal term • describing rights given to • creators for their literary • and artistic works.”• It is important because:• Respect intellectual rights of

creators of information.• Reward creativity of authors,

artists, musicians, etc.• Its legal• Is a model behavior for

students, teachers, and other members of educational community

What I can and cant cover with copyright

• COVERED• literary works such as novels,

poems, newspapers and; • films, musical compositions,

and choreography; • artistic works such as

paintings, drawings, photographs.

• NOT COVERED• Ideas, facts, recipes, blank

forms, stock literary devices, works lacking originality (e.g. the phone book), names, titles or short phrases, works from the federal government

Limitations: Library and classroom exemptions, fair use

Duration: “Author’s lifetime plus 50 years from the end of

The calendar year in which the author dies

50 years for films and sound recordings

25 years for typographical arrangements of a published edition

´Moral rights last for as long as Copyright and can not be assigned

An author may waive his/her moral rights by signing an agreement to that effect.”

Ethics• Ethics is a branch of

philosophy which seeks to address question about morality, that is about concepts like good and bad, right and wrong, justice, virtue, etc.

What is wipo?• WIPO is “ The World

Intellectual Property Organization” is a agency od the United Nations

• Founded in 1967• Promote the protection of

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY all over the world

• Headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland

Goals of wipo • Provision of Premier

Global IP services• Facilitating the use of

intelectual property for development

• World Reference Source for IP information and analysis

What is “fair use”?• Gives certaian permission,

with it limits, to use copyrighted materials if certain criteria met

• Protects freedom of speech

• Promotes education

4 key factors of fair use • 1. purpose• 2. nature• 3. amount• 4. effect