UNETHICAL VS. LAW BREAKING CONDUCTS

 

Unethical:

 

· using the office computer to do personal things

· reading your friend’s e-mail without his or her permission

· plagiarising and using materials from the Internet for your class assignment without giving credit to the original author.

 

Law breaking:

 

· sending a computer virus via e-mail

· hacking into your school’s database to change your examination results.

· selling pirated software in a night market

LESSON 8

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Intellectual Property refers to works created by inventors, authors and artists. These works are unique and have value in the market place. In our daily lives, we are surrounded by things that are protected by IP. Your school bags, your shoes and even your socks are protected by Intellectual Property rights. Nike, Bata or Adidas, for example, are all protected by a group of legal rights.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Intellectual Property laws cover ideas, inventions, literary creations, unique names, business models, industrial processes, computer program codes and more.

 

INVENTIONS PROTECTED BY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS

As businesses continue to expand globally, business owners must realise the importance of getting professional advice on how to establish and safeguard their intellectual property rights. These include :

       

· Trademarks

· Service marks

· Trade/company names

· Domain names

· Geographical indications

· Copyrights

· Patents

 

Example : Protected by property law.

 

 

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

There are four types of Intellectual Property protection. They are patents for invention, trademarks for brand identity, designs for product appearance and copyright for material.

 

· Patents for inventions

· Trademarks for brand identity

· Design for product appearance

· Copyright for material

 

Patents for inventions

Utility, design or plant patents that protect inventions and improvements to

existing inventions

 

Trademarks for brand identity

Words, names, symbols, devices and images that represent products, goods or services.

Design for product appearance

Literary and artistic material, music, films, sound recordings and roadcasts,

including software and multimedia.

 

Copyright for material

The features of, in particular,the lines, contours, colours,shape, texture or material of the product itself or its ornamentation.

 

LESSON 9

PRIVACY IN COMPUTER USAGE

WHAT IS PRIVACY?

Privacy in IT refers to data and information privacy.

Data refers to a collection of raw unprocessed facts, figures and

symbols. Then, computer is used to process data into information. In

general, data include texts, numbers, sounds, images and video.

 

Information privacy is described as the rights of individuals and companies to deny or restrict the collection and use of information about them.

 

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