Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks.
Feb. 29th, 2008 12:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksSo, I'm sure none of you care about it nearly as much as I do, but TechDirt
has a
little article up talking about the differences between Patents,
Copyright, and Trademarks. In short, patents are small monopolies given for
a limited time in exchange for an inventor producing a new non-obvious
invention. Copyrights are automatically given to the creator (patents
require an application) of any content, but applies only to full copies of
that content (it doesn't prevent plagerism). Trademarks are not property
rights at all, in fact, and are a mechanism to protect consumers from
thinking a product is made by one company when it really comes from another.
has a
little article up talking about the differences between Patents,
Copyright, and Trademarks. In short, patents are small monopolies given for
a limited time in exchange for an inventor producing a new non-obvious
invention. Copyrights are automatically given to the creator (patents
require an application) of any content, but applies only to full copies of
that content (it doesn't prevent plagerism). Trademarks are not property
rights at all, in fact, and are a mechanism to protect consumers from
thinking a product is made by one company when it really comes from another.
