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IP & Copyright Terms
Intellectual Property and Copyright Definitions and Terms
Term | Definition |
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Access Copyright | For educators, a license obtain in advance for reproducing specific material (ex. excerpts from a textbook), and which allows for multiple reproductions of that material without having to obtain a specific license each time. |
Intellectual Property | Legal rights of ownership of the products (ideas, inventions, brands, etc.) resulting from proprietary intellectual activity. |
Trade-Marks | A word, phrase, symbol, mark or design element which identifies a person or organization in the marketplace. Corporate branding and logos, for instance. |
Moral Rights | Relating to IP and copyright, the civil / common law rights of creators to their copyrighted works, including rights to attribution as well as preserving the integrity of their works (which prevents alterations, etc.). |
Plagiarism | Presenting another's ideas, inventions, etc. as your own. Using another's ideas, inventions, etc. without providing attribution. |
Patent | A grant from the government to an individual or organization granting them exclusive rights for making, using and/or selling an invention. In Canada, patents are valid for 20 years from the date the patent application is filed. |
Copyright | Sole ownership of a piece of work, and sole right to copy or grant permission to others to copy that piece of work. |
Royalty | An amount of money paid to an intellectual property rights owner in exchange for granting the payer limits rights to a specific intellectual property product of payee. |
Public Domain | When intellectual property rights for a work no longer apply (ex. expiry, abandonment), that work moves into the public domain, accessible for public use. Perpetual copyright applies for most works, i.e. attribution when used/cited is still required. |
Performing Rights | The live public performance of a piece of work to which the performer does not own copyright. Right to perform is granted via payment from the performer to the copyright owner/holder. |
Fair Dealing | Circumstances in which acts that would otherwise constitute copyright infringement are allowed. Using a work for non-commercial, educational purposes, for instance. |
Blanket License | A fee-based license granted to a broadcaster (ex. radio, television) or performer allowing for a work (in whole or in part) to be performed or broadcast without restriction as to how often. |