BUS 311 Business Law I
Introduction to fundamental concepts in business law.
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Patent and Copyrights
Name
BUS 311 Business Law I
Professor
Date
Explain the role of patents and copyrights in protecting business products and intellectual
property. Use examples from the cases of Microsoft and Napster to illustrate how these legal
protections can impact businesses. How do patents and copyrights help businesses maintain their
competitive edge and protect their investments in a rapidly evolving technological environment?
Your response should be a minimum of 750 words and include proper citations from the
provided references.
Patent and Copyrights
Name
BUS 311 Business Law I
Professor
Date
Explain the role of patents and copyrights in protecting business products and intellectual
property. Use examples from the cases of Microsoft and Napster to illustrate how these legal
protections can impact businesses. How do patents and copyrights help businesses maintain their
competitive edge and protect their investments in a rapidly evolving technological environment?
Your response should be a minimum of 750 words and include proper citations from the
provided references.
Napster and Microsoft 2
Patent and Copyrights
With today’s business’s, the products they have available to their customers, there are
many laws that help the business protect their product and their self’s. There are many important
laws that will help protect businesses with copyrights and patents. This includes products that
the business has or might be working on. In this paper I will explain what copyrights and patents
are and how they can help a business protect their investments.
So we ask our self what is copyrights? Copyright “is a form of protection provided by the
laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,”
including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works” (U.S
Copyrights Office, 2008). In Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act allows the owners of the
copyright material the right to do and authorize anyone else to reproduce the work in copies,
distribute copies or phonorecords, perform the work in publicly or display the work in publicly.
As stated by Bonnice & Liuzzo (2010) “copyright cannot prevent the copying of an idea, but
only the way it is expressed. Under the current copyright law, a created work is protected for the
lifetime of the creator plus 70 years.” (p.382).
So we ask our self what is patents? A patent “is an intellectual property right granted by
the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making,
using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States” (United States
Patent and Trademark Office, n.d.). The patent rights were established over 200 years ago in the
United States Constitution Article 1, Section 8. There are three types of patents that one could
have and they are Utility patents, Design patents and Plant patents. With the Utility patents are
for anyone that “invents or discovers any new and useful process” (United States Patent and
Trademark Office, n.d.). With the Design patents they are for anyone “who invents a new,
Patent and Copyrights
With today’s business’s, the products they have available to their customers, there are
many laws that help the business protect their product and their self’s. There are many important
laws that will help protect businesses with copyrights and patents. This includes products that
the business has or might be working on. In this paper I will explain what copyrights and patents
are and how they can help a business protect their investments.
So we ask our self what is copyrights? Copyright “is a form of protection provided by the
laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,”
including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works” (U.S
Copyrights Office, 2008). In Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act allows the owners of the
copyright material the right to do and authorize anyone else to reproduce the work in copies,
distribute copies or phonorecords, perform the work in publicly or display the work in publicly.
As stated by Bonnice & Liuzzo (2010) “copyright cannot prevent the copying of an idea, but
only the way it is expressed. Under the current copyright law, a created work is protected for the
lifetime of the creator plus 70 years.” (p.382).
So we ask our self what is patents? A patent “is an intellectual property right granted by
the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making,
using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States” (United States
Patent and Trademark Office, n.d.). The patent rights were established over 200 years ago in the
United States Constitution Article 1, Section 8. There are three types of patents that one could
have and they are Utility patents, Design patents and Plant patents. With the Utility patents are
for anyone that “invents or discovers any new and useful process” (United States Patent and
Trademark Office, n.d.). With the Design patents they are for anyone “who invents a new,
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University
Simon Fraser University
Subject
Civil Law