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RESPECTING
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CONFIDENTIALITY
AND I N T E L L E C T U A L
PROPERTY
Confidential communications, as well
as patents, copyrights, and other forms
of intellectual property must be
THE STATS GLOBAL IP FILING
ACTIVITY (2021)
PATENT (3.4M)
honored. Unpublished data, methods,
UTILITY MODELS (2.9M)
or results may not be used without
permission, and credit must be given to UTILITY MODELS (18.1M)

all contributions to research. ISEF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN (1.5M)

CONFIDENTIALITY INTELLECTUAL
Confidentiality is an informed consent
agreement between a researcher and
PROPERTY
refers to creations of the mind, such as
participant, ensuring their identity, personal inventions; literary and artistic works;
information, and responses are kept designs; and symbols, names and
confidential unless otherwise agreed upon. images used in commerce

IMPORTANCE ACTIONS
Respect for intellectual property (IP)
promotes new creations like SPEAK LOUDER
technology, artwork, and inventions, A confidentiality agreement requires the recipient to
boosting economic growth. IP rights keep the knowledge confidential, potentially
encourage individuals to produce preserving the owner's ability to file a patent
more jobs and new technology, application prior to the invention's publication,
accelerating global progress and public use, or sale.
evolution.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Protect and safeguard all confidential
information recorded in your research
Data should be disposed of safely
Avoid plagiarism, give proper credit to
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