Timothy Lee Wherry
Teoksen The Librarian's Guide to Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks tekijä
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Timothy Lee Wherry is currently Director of the Robert E. Eiche Library at Penn State Altoona.
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Copyright are exclusive rights given to the authors of those manifestations (not work which is the idea or thought content) which are fixed to some tangible material but doesn't function in itself. In other words those tangible materials who are functionless or useless. Any work published before 1923 is out in public domain, those published in between 1923 to 1978 are initially protected for 28 years which can be renewed for more 47 years which means in all 75 years but Sonny Bono act which was passed in 1998 has added 20 years more to those manifestations since rock band artists who died young but their works were still popular. Anything published after 1978 has a copyright period of 70 years after the oldest living authors.
Patent last for 20 years only, it is product which not only must be tangible but of some use as well i.e it must have utility(mechanical, chemical, electrical) or unique design, or on plants(man's direct interference with natural products to develop some artificial plants). Under US patent law the creation must be so unique that it mustn't be found in any prior work before it, so the patentee must either self verify the originality of the item he claims unique by searching patents on www.uspto.gov or hire an patent lawyer or agent(expert in searching and legal issues but hasn't passed the bar exam)
Trademark although last for lifetime since no trademark is in public domain, it must be renewed after every 10 years. A trademark registered is marked with R in circle, but which is not registered is marked by TM. Those trademarks that are for services are usually recognized by SM if not registered otherwise its R again. Trademark is provided for slogans, words etc which is used to identify the product or service that company renders.
It is a must read for librarians since it gives a step by step guide to search a patent or trademark. Also the author anticipates questions likely to be asked by the users and so clarifies many issues in a Question-Answer format at the end of each chapter.… (lisätietoja)