ip fundamentals nyc
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#ipFundamentalsINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR DEVS
@ j e f f re y s t r au s s
lawyer
lawyer*BUT NOT YOUR LAWYER
lawyer*BUT NOT A PATENT LAWYER
some basics
”What is intellectual property?
~ mr. developer
”What is property?
~ me
rights && obligations
rights
possession
enjoyment
exclusion
disposition
obligations
legality
contract
”What is intellectual property?
~mr. developer
human mind
ip protections
protectionsCOPYRIGHT
TRADEMARK
PATENT
protectionsCOPYRIGHT
TRADEMARK
PATENT
TRADE SECRETS
copyright
authorship
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
~ William Shakespeare, 1564–1616
SONNET 18
The Drunkard Marc Chagall, 1912
#!/bin/bash
echo Hello World, I'm backing up... tar -cZf /var/my-backup.tgz /home/me
echo Done!
expression of ideas
any medium
automatic
© 2016
registration
trademark
identity
goods and services
automatic
automatic*ONCE USED IN COMMERCE
TM / SM
registration
®
patent
inventions
inventionsUSEFUL
NEW
NOT OBVIOUS
DESCRIBED
inventions ELIGIBILITY
no prior disclosure
not automatic
uspto
first to file
patentsUTILITY
DESIGN
PLANT
patentsUTILITY
DESIGN
PLANT
reverse engineering
patentsUTILITY
DESIGN
PLANT
patentsUTILITY
DESIGN
PLANT
limited protection
trade secrets
unregistered
no public notice
requiresSECRET INFO
COMMERCIAL VALUE
PROTECTIONS
confidentiality &
non-disclosure
independent discovery
getting rights
”Hey, I found this on Google!
~hopeful consumer
infringement
infringement != plagiarism
fair use doctrine
fair use COPYRIGHT
TRADEMARK
fair use COPYRIGHT
TRADEMARK
assignment
seller → buyer
license
licensor ⇢ licensee
licenseEXCLUSIVITY
TERM
RESTRICTIONS
open source
permissive v. copyleft
commercial
creative commons
what is one to do?
DISCUSS
EDUCATE
EMPOWER
become informedNEXT STEPS
consider your practices
make awesome
