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No Idea Protection in
Copyrights
what copyright does not protect
when to consider patents instead
Copyright:
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Does not protect ideas.
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Does not protect techniques.
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Does not protect products.
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Does not protect systems.
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Does not protect procedures.
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Does not protect methods.
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Does not protect information.
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(consider
patents instead)
Copyright infringement:
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Does not include someone using your idea.
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Does not include someone selling your
technique.
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Does not include someone making your product.
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Does not include someone implementing your system.
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Does not include someone copying your procedure.
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Does not include someone marketing your method.
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Does not include someone exploiting your
information.
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(consider
patents instead)
Copyright:
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Is not a poor man's patent.
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Is not a way to avoid the rigorous patent
standards.
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Is not a way to avoid the high patent costs.
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(consider
patents instead)
Copyright:
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Protects
original works of artistic and literary authorship.
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Protects
the author's original artistic or literary expression.
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Protects the way you said it,
and not what you said.
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(consider
patents instead)
don't copyright when you
should patent
Further, copyright
provides little or no protection to the "artistic expression" if there are
few ways to express the idea or information contained in the work.
other topics -
no use control,
copyright registrations,
patent applications,
slogans,
about
copyrights,
patents
questions, inquiries
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