Intellectual property

Mission Statement

courtesy of: www.news.utoronto.ca

Our goal in creating this section was to address ideas in Intellectual Property (IP) that we thought were either most ambiguous or most pressing at the current moment in history. IP is such a highly publicized and argued field that it is hard to pin it down to what the dictionary would describe it as. We spent the majority of the quarter trying to "un-veil" the gray areas and while we were unable to solve all of the challenging questions regarding IP, we definitely shed some light on possibilities. We also came to the conclusion that there are many questions that are not answerable at this time. Our research reports (linked below) are an attempt to unmask the grey areas obscuring the reality of IP.

What is Intellectual Property?

A. Intellectual Property (IP) American Heritage Dictionary: dictionary.com

1. intellectual property: (noun); A product of the intellect that has commercial value, including copyrighted property such as literary or artistic works, and ideational property, such as patents, appellations of origin, business methods, and industrial processes
2. intellectual property: (noun); intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights)
3. intellectual property: (legal term); The ownership of ideas and control over the tangible or virtual representation of those ideas. Use of another person's intellectual property may or may not involve royalty payments or permission, but should always include proper credit to the source

Group Members and Research Topics

• • Biography Click Here
  • Research Report Fair Use In Music
  • Research Report Digital Copyright Act

• • Biography Click Here
  • Research Report Authorship Tug-A-War
  • Research Report Exclusivity Is In the Eyes of the Beholder

• • Biography Click Here
  • Research Report IP Antiquated
  • Research Report Lackadaisical Laws