Week 4 Lecture 3 – IP – PDF

02 IP & OSS IP Copyright Fair Use Module 02 Patent Intellectual Property (IP) and Trademark OSS Open Source Software (OSS) Motive License Examples Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues...

02 IP & OSS IP Copyright Fair Use Module 02 Patent Intellectual Property (IP) and Trademark OSS Open Source Software (OSS) Motive License Examples Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 1 Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. 02 IP & OSS Intellectual Property (IP) IP Copyright Have you ever posted a homemade Fair Use video on a web site? Patent Trademark Have you downloaded music or a OSS movie from the web without Motive paying for it? License Examples Have you e-mailed a copy of an Strengths online article to your friends? Weaknesses Which of these actions are illegal and Legal Issues why? 4 02 IP & OSS Benefits of IP Protection IP Copyright Protects the rights of the creator. Fair Use Encourages authors to create Patent Trademark additional work. OSS Authors can display the work in public, Motive License make copies and produce derived Examples works. Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 5 02 IP & OSS Copyright © IP Copyright Protects Intellectual Property (IP) Fair Use authorship, such as songs, books, Patent Trademark maps, movies, articles, software, OSS and artwork. Motive License An idea cannot be copyrighted. A Examples work must be in writing. Strengths Copyright lasts for the life of the Weaknesses Legal Issues author, plus 70 years. 6 02 IP & OSS Copyrights Problems IP Copyright High quality copying. Fair Use High quantity distribution. Patent Trademark High quality printing. OSS Motive High speed Internet. License Inexpensive digital storage. Examples Strengths Availability of software tools. Weaknesses Unauthorized sharing on the web. Legal Issues Authors are not paid for their work. 7 02 IP & OSS Fair Use Policy IP Protects Intellectual Property, but allow reasonable public access. Copyright Permission is not required. Fair Use Allows using copyrighted material that contribute to the Patent creation of new work. Trademark Allows educational uses as well as news reporting and OSS critiquing. Motive License Examples Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 8 02 IP & OSS Patent IP Copyright Ownership to an invention, such as Fair Use machines, devices, manufactured Patent Trademark articles, industrial processes, and OSS chemical compositions. Motive License Examples Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 9  Registered Trademark ® 02 IP & OSS IP Copyright Is a word, phrase, symbol, design or Fair Use logo, that distinguishes your Patent Trademark products from others. OSS Trademarks can last forever, as long Motive License as the owner continues to use it. Examples Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 10 02 IP & OSS Trademark Example IP Copyright Word:McDonald’s Fair Use Phrase: I’m lovin’ it. Patent Trademark Symbol: M OSS Design: Motive License Examples Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 11 copyleft is a general license agreement granted by a copyright owner permitting anyone to freely use copyrighted property but under specific terms. 02 IP & OSS Open Source Software (OSS) IP Copyright The code of OSS is published and Fair Use made available to the public, enabling Patent Trademark programmers to copy, modify, OSS improve, and distribute the source Motive code without paying royalties or fees. License Examples Programmers worldwide and Strengths companies form a support community Weaknesses Legal Issues to develop OSS. 13 02 IP & OSS Motive IP Copyright Why would anybody work for free? Fair Use Community Sharing: Programmers Patent donate their time and knowledge to Trademark OSS help users. Motive Creative Expression: Programmers License Examples enjoy what they do. Strengths Recognition: Can lead to job offers or Weaknesses achieve good reputation. Legal Issues 14 02 IP & OSS GPL: General Public License. IP Copyright Under the GPL license, software users Fair Use may use, modify, improve, and Patent Trademark redistribute the software. OSS Motive License Examples Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 15 02 IP & OSS OSS Examples IP Copyright Moodle — eLearning system Fair Use Firefox — web browser Patent Linux — Unix-Based operating system. Trademark OSS Apache — Web server software. Motive MySQL — Database system License Examples Blender — 3D graphics and animation Strengths OpenOffice — Office suite Weaknesses Legal Issues Wikipedia — Online encyclopedia 16 02 IP & OSS OSS Strengths IP 1. Lowers the cost of commercial software due to the Copyright availability of alternative software. Fair Use 2. Ability to customize the software to fit various needs. Patent 3. No restrictions on use. Trademark 4. No invoices or licenses. OSS 5. Continuous improvements lead to faster development cycle. Motive 6. User-driven where users decide which features are important. Commercial vendors provide popular features. License 7. More reliable as it is peer-reviewed, where a problem is Examples fixed instead of being covered up until the wrong person finds Strengths it, as in commercial software. Weaknesses 8. Programmers and users collaborate worldwide in creativity, Legal Issues development and troubleshooting. 17 02 IP & OSS OSS Strengths IP Copyright 9. Students use it as an educational tool Fair Use to see how it works. Patent Trademark 10.Supported by multiple providers OSS worldwide. Support in commercial Motive License software is provided by a single Examples vendor. Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 18 02 IP & OSS OSS Weakness IP 1. Non Standardization: OSS lacks standardization due to multiple programmers worldwide. Copyright 2. Lack of Coordination: The decentralized development of OSS Fair Use means that progress can be chaotic and there may be delays in Patent addressing bugs. Trademark 3. Inadequate Technical Support: Documentation tends to be limited and aimed at developers. Technical support is limited for OSS software users. Motive 4. Risk of Discontinuation: Development or support may License discontinue, but same risk exists with commercial options. Examples Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 19 02 IP & OSS Legal Issues IP Copyright OSS license provides basic protection Fair Use guidelines for developers and users. Patent Trademark When many contribute to the OSS; OSS ownership become unclear. Motive License Examples Strengths Weaknesses Legal Issues 20 Assignment  What are the problems faces in copy rights and patent? Required details: 1. Make your answers brief by mention the core information’s. 2. Give example that support your information. 3. total mark: 5 o Information 3 marks. o Assignment presentation: 1 mark. o Verbal presentation: 1 mark. 4. Group work by 5 students. 5. Submission next week (week 5) Wednesday 25 September 2024. folder will be closed Thursday 8 am