Intellectual Property and Law
The Facts of Life as a Designer!
In this class we will be covering a great deal of important information that will be beyond beneficial. Covering things like common business practices including finance, accounting, insurance, taxes, management, marketing, and negotiation. I'm pretty excited about learning about copyright, and basic business and contract law.
I completed my first discussion where we are talking about " What are the pros and cons of eliminating intellectual property laws?" I'm enjoying what many of my classmates are posting about the pros and cons!
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Helpful links after completing this class I will be saving.
Patents:
Legal Information Institute:
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Patent Trade Secrets: Chilling Effects: www.chillingeffects.org/tradesecret/faq.cgi Right of Publicity: Right of Publicity: http://rightofpublicity.com/brief-history-of-rop Defamation, Libel and Slander Law: http://www.expertlaw.com/library/personal_injury/defamation.html Chilling Effects: www.chillingeffects.org/defamation/faq.cgi
Copyrights:
The Copyright Office: www.copyright.gov
Fair Use:
Stanford Law School Center for Fair Use: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Moral Rights:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/property/library/moralprimer.html www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/martin/art_law/image_rights.htm Visual Artists Rights Act: www.ivanhoffman.com/vara.html Trade Dress: http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Jul/1/128357.html
Websites: (you'll need to copy and paste these links into your browser)
http://www.expertlaw.com/library/business/contract_law.html
http://www.ivanhoffman.com/nightmare.html
http://ecommercelaw.typepad.com/ecommerce_law/2009/05/faq-is-an-internet-contract-enforceable.html
http://creativelatitude.com/articles/articles_gee_contracts.html
www.sitepoint.com/print/bulletproof-web-design-contract/
http://freelanceswitch.com/clients/what-should-be-included-in-a-design-contract/
http://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/term/82094.html
