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Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual Property Protection Guide
This Guide is intended to serve as a primer for the designer, the inventor and the entrepreneur on the protection of new ideas and the products that arise from such ideas. Like all publications of this kind, the Guide is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a lawyer on the complexities of intellectual property law.
[Publication date Nov 03, 2003]
 
Intellectual Property In The Digital Economy
A detailed article on intellectual property rights in the digital age. It discusses issues like the DCMA, Open Source Licences, deep-lining, framing, spamdexing, metagging and many more IPR issues.
[Publication date May 01, 2004]
 
The Concept of Intellectual Property
In law, particularly in common law jurisdictions, intellectual property is a form of legal entitlement which allows its holder to control the use of certain intangible ideas and expressions.
[Publication date Feb 15, 2005]
 
The Registration of Movement Marks
There is nothing that prevents a distinctive series of movements that is capable of graphic representation from being registered as a trade mark. However certain requirements of trade mark may be difficult to satisfy.
[Publication date May 13, 2005]
 
Releases And Photographs
The requirement for releases is an area of law that is controversial and unsettled among legal and photography professionals. This article aims to address some of the concerns.
[Publication date May 05, 2007]
 
Property In Fictional Characters
Can fictional characters be protected by copyright and trademark laws? How are they applied differently to graphical characters and to literary characters. This article is based on the laws of Singapore but many of the principles are of general applicability subject to country-to-country modifications. Therefore, it is always best to check with a lawyer familiar with the local laws.
[Publication date Mar 14, 2008]
 
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