Patents and copyright
- Created by: Himee Senanayake
- Created on: 16-06-18 14:14
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- 22 - Patents, copyright, registered designs and trademarks
- Patents
- risk that someone else might try to copy it and claim that it is theirs
- Patents prevent this
- legal protection granted by the country to the designer or inventor
- in the UK it costs £200 and are recorded on the product - 20 years
- criteria that needs to be met before a patent can be granted
- it must new
- it must be inventive
- must be industrially made
- must be a physical product or process
- risk that someone else might try to copy it and claim that it is theirs
- Copyright
- used to protect text, music, films, computer-generated works or drawings from being copied
- normally lasts 70 years
- Registered design
- the aesthetic of a design is protected
- powerful method of protecting a design from being copied
- £60 for 25 years
- Trademarks
- distinctive symbols or logos
- contains the company name or slogan and cannot be copied
- symbol must be unique
- £200 to be registered
- distinctive symbols or logos
- Patents
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