Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Invention and Innovation
- Invention is the discovery of new processes
and potenial new products after a period of
research.
- Innovation is the process of transforming
inventions into products that can be sold to
customers
- Patent is the ownership of an invention or
process when it is registered with a
government
- Anybody caught
copying a patened
idea can be sued for
any damaged
- In the uk patents are given for 20 years
- Patens must be registered with the Intellectual Property Office
- Patents can be registered
internationally but they are
expensive.
- Patents are given for products or production processes
- Copyright is the legal ownership of
a material such as books, music
and films.
- Copyright gives the right to produce,
control and copy the work soley to the
individual or company that produced
the work originaly
- If others copy such material they can be
taken to court and get sued.
- Copyright protection lasts longer than patents
- Copyright lats during the
creaters lifetime and 70 years
after their dead!