Intellectual Property

Types of Intellectual Property
Intellectual property is a group of exclusive legal rights over creations of mind, like musical work, discoveries, etc. Intellectual property rights have a long history, being mentioned as far back as the early 18th century. Through this article, let us learn more about the different types of intellectual property...

Choosing an Intellectual Property Lawyer
Read on to know more about how to go about choosing an intellectual property lawyer.

Owning Ideas
Andrew Brown: The boom in the intellectual property market will not reap rewards for us all.

Intellectual Property
As we continue to explore the frontier known as cyberspace, and discover new ways to use the medium, we are opened up to more ethical dilemmas and questions. Intellectual property has always been a thorny issue. The internet however raises new problems for businesses and individuals seeking to protect their intellectual property.

Owning Ideas
The boom in the intellectual property market will not reap rewards for us all.

Bill Gates is an Intelligent Man Who Has Done
Andrew Brown: Bill Gates wants software patents to protect his profit, not the public. So when he gets caught out in a bare-faced lie this should matter to all of us; and last week, when he called the opponents of American intellectual property law a "communist" movement he was encouraging a mistake that could impoverish the entire world.

Players in Revolt Over World Cup Image Rights
May 2: The possibility of a widespread Rugby World Cup player revolt increased last night after players' union leaders launched a concerted attack on the International Rugby Board's restrictive rules concerning prize-money and intellectual property rights.

Intellectual Property? You're Taking the Mickey ...
At the expense of the world's poorest, our absurd copyright laws only serve to bolster the bank balances of corporate machines from Walt Disney to Victoria Beckham, says Victor Keegan.

Pirates stand on Oasis's shoulders to prove all property is still theft
As Russia gets into the global economy, Muscovites still can't cope with the concept of intellectual property. This is great news if you are a pirate CD shopper, milling around Garbushka, the massive CD supermarket, but bad news if you are a record company executive trying to protect the latest songs of a band such as Oasis.

The Revolt of the Poor - The Demise of Intellectual Property
In the mythology generated by capitalism to pacify the masses, the myth of intellectual property stands out. It goes like this : if the rights to intellectual property were not defined and enforced, commercial entrepreneurs would not have taken on the risks associated with publishing books, recording records, and preparing multimedia products.