Teresa da Silva Lopes Intellectual Property Rights in International Business Strategy International Business Strategy 1 Intellectual Property Rights in IBS Learning Outcomes - Distinguish trademarks‚ from patents‚ copyrights and trade secrets. - Discuss the importance of intellectual property protection in today’s global business. - How protection of intellectual property rights may affect the activity of a firm operating internationally Univ. of York; International Business Strategy; Professor
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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. Industrial property‚ which is geared towards businesses‚ includes inventions‚ patents‚ trademarks‚ industrial designs‚ and geographic indications of source. Copyrights which are geared towards
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THE GROWTH OF INTELLECTUAL AND ACADEMIC INTERGRITY IN NIGERIA The cultural attitude in Nigeria(especially in the western part of Nigeria)‚ before the era of globalisation was that no one could own words or knowledge. Folk tales‚ stories and even the Yoruba history was passed down orally from one generation to the next and nobody has really been able to pin point the source or origin of these tales till date. This is evidenced by some Yoruba literature books (YORUBA LEGENDS by M. I. Ogunmefu and
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Intellectual Property (IP) IP as a general term refers to the subject matter of the laws that give rise to proprietary interests in creations of the mind. The various tools of IPR that are used to protect innovations are Copyrights‚ Industrial Designs‚ Data Protection‚ Geographical Indications‚ Patent and Trademark. Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) In earlier times‚ the concept of property meant something tangible. Man used to be in possession of property and property
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← INDEX 1. Introduction 02 2. World Trade Organization (WTO) 04 3. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 05 4. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) 07 5. Trademarks 10 a. Types of Trademarks 10 b. Section II (TRIPS) 11 c. Trend in Trademark applications 18 d. Country comparison 19 e. Case study: Redbull v/s Unasi Management Inc. 20 6.
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Protection of New Varieties (UPOV) Convention. The UPOV Convention‚ formed in 1961‚ acknowledges breeders of new plant varieties through uniform and clearly defined principles for exclusive property rights‚ based on criteria that the variety is distinctive‚ uniform‚ stable and novel.33 33 Commission on Intellectual Property Rights‚ 2002. 34 The Light Years project and in a recent World Bank report (Barconcelli et al.‚ 2004). Geographical Indications are a second measure used to protect diversity in
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Intellectual property is the property generated in the process of intellectual activities. It can be possessed and used‚ and generated benefits. The major components of intellectual property include copyrights‚ patents‚ and trademarks. Similar to tangible property‚ intellectual property which is an intangible property is also protected by the law. The governments and parliaments have given the creators the rights as an incentive to produce ideas that will benefit society as a whole‚ by preventing
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1. Intellectual property refers to the legal section of an idea. It allows businesses and the owners‚ innovators and creators to have their work protected and to prevent it from being copied. There are different ways you can protect your intellectual property: copyright‚ trademarks and patents. 2. It is important to protect your rights to intellectual property as it stops people from stealing or copying the names of your products or brands; your inventions; the design or look of your products; things
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IBUS 3312 - International Management Pharmaceutical Companies‚ Intellectual Property‚ and the Global AIDS Epidemic Analysis While this case is literally full of negative aspects‚ we will only focus on the main points for both arguments. Pharmaceutical companies want to be sure that the products they spend years and millions of dollars to create are not easily reproduced and sold at discount prices. The profits pharmaceuticals make of their patented products are supposed to refinance
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D E C I S I O N LEONARDO-DE CASTRO‚ J.: Before the Court are consolidated Petitions for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court‚ which arose out of two civil cases that were filed in different courts but whose factual background and issues are closely intertwined. The petitions in G.R. Nos. 1250781 and 1255982 both assail the Order3 dated May 20‚ 1996 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of General Santos City‚ Branch 37‚ in Civil Case No. 5617. The said Order decreed the dismissal
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