Intellectual Property Overview - RETIRED


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
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Overview/Description
Management is often confronted with the responsibility of protecting a company's intellectual property rights, while still communicating the company's identity or ideas to internal and external customers. How does management perform this function effectively while keeping the law on its side? This course explains the basic types of intellectual property, the legal protections in place, and the potential consequences of violating intellectual property rights. The course covers current copyright, patent, and trademark laws and presents methods for minimizing legal liabilities. SkillSoft's Legal Compliance courses are developed and maintained with subject matter support provided by the Labor, Employment, and Employee Benefits Law Group of the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA.

Target Audience
Supervisors and all employees

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Intellectual Property and Copyright

  • identify examples of the different types of intellectual property.
  • recognize the appropriate categories of intellectual property law in a given scenario.
  • recognize examples of creative works that qualify for copyright protection.
  • recognize the benefits of copyright registration.
  • identify the rights granted to a copyright owner by the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976.
  • determine whether creative works meet the requirements of copyright protection in a given scenario.
  • recognize examples of copyright infringement.
  • recognize examples of online copyright infringement.
  • recognize examples of fair use of copyrighted material.

    • Patents and Trademarks

  • identify the appropriate types of patent to apply for in a given scenario.
  • classify examples of patent infringement as direct or indirect infringement.
  • match the different types of trademarks with their descriptions.
  • identify the methods of enforcing your trademark rights.
  • recognize the advantages of registering a trademark.

    • Course Number:
    LCO0109