Archive for the 'Intellectual Property – General' Category

Classification of Intellectual Property Protection:

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

In the United States, intellectual assets can be protected in a variety of ways.  This post will briefly discuss the more popular forms of intellectual property protection under United States law.  Other countries may have other forms of protection in addition the protections discussed in this post. Perhaps the most widely used form of intellectual […]

What is Intellectual Property?

Monday, October 19th, 2009

According to Wikipedia, Intellectual Property is “a number of distinct types of legal monopolies over creations of the mind, both artistic and commercial, and the corresponding fields of law.”  Wikipedia’s definition distinguishes between specific legal rights and the intellectual work itself.  According to Wikipedia’s definition, only the former is intellectual property.  The intellectual work itself […]