unit 4 - notes

Copyright        Patents  Trademark                       copyright                                             Patents        '      Trademarks What’s Protected? Original works of authorship, such as books, articles, songs, photographs, sculptures, choreography, sound recordings, motion pictures, and other works Inventions, such as processes, machines, manufactures, compositions of matter as well as improvements to these Any word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others Requirements to be Protected A work must be original, creative and fixed in a tangible medium An invention must be new, useful and nonobvious A mark must be distinctive (i.e., that is, it must be capable of id...