Copyrights and Patents
Everyday businesses provide the world with products and services. People in general are just not self-sufficient. Who has time to make their own clothes, own meals,clean their own house, or even watch their own kids? Today's every growing business world and advancements in technology make it extremely easy to obtain anything one could ever desire provided they have the money to buy it. Many people gained great success and wealth from their original product and business ideas. People have alsogained great wealth from borrowing, stealing or adapting from one "original" idea. The majority of copying and fraud involves software and clothing items. (Edwards6) One aspect of this is known as bootlegging. this is where someone copies a program, CD, performance, etc., and sells it on the streets. According to Mike Edward's of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry claims that world wide CD piracy accounts for 6.5% of the industries annual sales. A different approach to borrowing one's idea doesn't nessacarily copythe product. Instead it involves misleading the consumer. As in one case, the Miller Brewing Company developed a new beer with a label similar to Annheuser Busch's, who is currently the number o
8. Wells, Melanie. "OJ Agrees to Sell Rights to His Initials." USA Today. 22 Feb. 1996:1 1. "Copyright Pirates Raid 2.5 Billion Dollars From Record Industry Revenues." USA Today. 27, Nov. 1995:6. Logos are also often copied. A logo is defined as an advertising symbol or message that represents a product or a service. In one case, OJ Simpson has agreed to share marketing rights with the Florida Department of Citrus to use his initial in connection with orange juice. (Wells 1) Many people believe that simply by incorporating that they are legally protected. (Munro53R) However, incorporating does not mean they are registered with the state or federal government. To register, an application form must be filled out. Next, the application is inspected and must comply with the formal patent requirements of the patent laws and rules of practice of the US Patent Office. (Mandell24) If the trademark is approved, the Patent Trademark Office will issue a certificate of registration. This will occur within fifteen to eighteen months. The certificate issued is good for twenty years
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