Intellectual Property Infringement
Intellectual property law says who owns new ideas and inventions. Using someone else?s invention or music without permission is called infringement and is illegal. Sometimes even using something similar but not exactly the same is infringement. To make something your intellectual property you can get a copyright, patent or trademark.
Usually the person who first creates or invents something is the owner of the intellectual property, but often employers own what their employees make on the job. Also rights to an idea can be given away temporarily with a contract.
The public has a right to use intellectual property for research, education and news reporting. Often to use someone?s property publicly you must give recognition like a citation in a paper or placing a photographer?s name on her photos.
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Last Modified: 05-13-2009 04:52 PM PDT
