http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 1 http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000303&title=What+is+Intellectual+Property%3F&source=feed <STRONG>Introduction</STRONG> <P></P> <P></P> <P>Even small children understand that "property" is something that can be "owned," and that an owner has certain rights regarding that property. Adults understand that ownership of property provides... http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000303&title=What+is+Intellectual+Property%3F&source=feed http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000304&title=Copyrights+and+Fair+Use&source=feed A copyright is a property right granted by federal law to authors or creators of original works such as writings, art, music and sound recordings, performances, photographs, movies, and the like. The copyright holder has the exclusive right to... http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000304&title=Copyrights+and+Fair+Use&source=feed http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000296&title=Business-Method+Patents&source=feed The federal patent statute allows an inventor to obtain a patent for a "new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof." There is no provision in the patent statute for business... http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000296&title=Business-Method+Patents&source=feed http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000305&title=Patents&source=feed <P>A patent is a federal statutory right that allows an inventor to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention without the inventor's permission for the limited period specified by the... http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000305&title=Patents&source=feed http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000306&title=Sonny+Bono+Copyright+Term+Extension+Act+of+1998&source=feed Part of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886 provided that copyrighted works be protected for the duration of the author's life plus no less than 50 years. The European Union extended the 50-year... http://www.dergnoah.com/newsletters/Intellectual-Property/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000306&title=Sonny+Bono+Copyright+Term+Extension+Act+of+1998&source=feed