intellectual property
Electronic frontier foundation. Intellectual Property. retrieved from https://www.eff.org/issues/intellectual-property.
The link takes you to the page where the EFF defines intellectual property and how they will help you defend your intellectual property when faced with opposition. Founded in 1990, this company’s goal is to defend “free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights” in regards to digital rights.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (june, 2010). 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/intellectualproperty/intellectualproperty_strategic_plan.pdf
In 2010, the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP Act) required the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) to develop a Joint Strategic Plan against counterfeiting and infringement.
Good quote/take-away : "Protecting intellectual property rights, consistent with our international obligations, ensures adherence and compliance with numerous public health and safety regulations designed to protect our communities."
Good quote/take-away : "Protecting intellectual property rights, consistent with our international obligations, ensures adherence and compliance with numerous public health and safety regulations designed to protect our communities."
Stroder, Rebecca S. "What Every School should Know about Intellectual Property." The Education Digest 71.6 (2006): 35-41.ProQuest. Web. 16 July 2013.
This article was written to open the eyes of educators about the individual rights people have of their intellectual property, and how some of those rights may not be available to them because of how their corporations (or school districts) have worded their contracts. So be aware of what you signed for your contract.
Good quote/take-away: "In the United States, only people-not entities like corporations or school districts-can be inventors."
Good quote/take-away: "In the United States, only people-not entities like corporations or school districts-can be inventors."
Strom, David. Intellectual Property Issues for Higher Education Unions: A Primer. Item Number 36-0699. American Federation of Teachers. 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, 2002. ProQuest. Web. 16 July 2013.
You have to request access to this site, but it's worth it. It covers exactly what the title says it does, but it does so in four main ways:
- "(1) Checklist of issues for higher education unions as they bargain intellectual property issues;"
- "(2) Pointers on handling specific matters such as distance education;"
- "(3) Sample license between publisher and author; and"
- "(4) Excerpts from collective bargaining agreements that should give higher education faculty and unions ideas about various ways to address intellectual property issues in contracts"
THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (20 Feb, 2013). Intellectual Property Law and Policy. Department of Commerce. Retrieved from http://www.uspto.gov/ip/
- This site defines intellectual property in regards to the US laws and it provides a HOTLINE through STOPfakes.gov that you can call if you feel your intellectual property has been infringed upon.
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATION. What Is Intellectual Property? retrieved from httP://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
- This link takes you to the site that defines intellectual property, but there are also tabs that link to other sites covering copyright, trademarks, patents, etc. This organization was established so it could help the people protect their rights while still being creative and innovative, especially in regards to “economic, social, and cultural development”. The nice thing is that this is not just focused on one country; it’s worldwide. WIPO started in 1967 and has its headquarters in Switzerland.