http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/03/03/discord/ Duke's source for advice and information about copyright and publication issues Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:32:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/03/03/discord/comment-page-1/#comment-69411 Kevin Smith Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:24:05 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/03/03/discord/#comment-69411 It is certainly true that intellectual property encompasses three traditional areas -- patents, copyrights and trademarks, I am not sure either that copyright and IP are becoming synonymous or that intellectual property most frequently refers to patents. For many years, and in the major international treaty on patents, patents were referred to as "industrial property." Copyright was called "literary property" in the Berne Convention. Neither phrase really is broad enough for its subject anymore, and I think intellectual property simply has to do triple duty to refer to all three regimes equally. I sometimes write IP instead of copyright for the sake of variety, but do not intend to exclude patents, or trademarks, from their proper place. It is certainly true that intellectual property encompasses three traditional areas — patents, copyrights and trademarks, I am not sure either that copyright and IP are becoming synonymous or that intellectual property most frequently refers to patents. For many years, and in the major international treaty on patents, patents were referred to as “industrial property.” Copyright was called “literary property” in the Berne Convention. Neither phrase really is broad enough for its subject anymore, and I think intellectual property simply has to do triple duty to refer to all three regimes equally. I sometimes write IP instead of copyright for the sake of variety, but do not intend to exclude patents, or trademarks, from their proper place.

]]> http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/03/03/discord/comment-page-1/#comment-67931 Jim Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:13:41 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/03/03/discord/#comment-67931 Intellectual Property and copyright are fast becoming synonymous, however they are not. Intellectual Property is a much broader term that most frequently refers to patents. Inventors are the real losers in this game of copyright infringement and the actions taken by the government and lobbyists that make it more difficult and expensive to obtain a patent. I have read more about this topic at <a href="http://www.myintellectualpropertyrights.com" rel="nofollow">My Intellectual Property Rights</a>, where I continue to find relevant information as I work to develop my first several inventions. Intellectual Property and copyright are fast becoming synonymous, however they are not. Intellectual Property is a much broader term that most frequently refers to patents. Inventors are the real losers in this game of copyright infringement and the actions taken by the government and lobbyists that make it more difficult and expensive to obtain a patent. I have read more about this topic at My Intellectual Property Rights, where I continue to find relevant information as I work to develop my first several inventions.

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