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Ethics & Intellectual Property Rights
l The nature and quality of work that qualifies for classification as intellectual property
under that particular statute.
l The person (be it an individual or a corporate body or the State or a designated
international organisation) that is held to be the creator or innovator of that piece of
work.
l The person who owns the intellectual property rights in the work.
l The person who can apply for registration of the intellectual property rights.
l The requirements for registration, protection and enforceability of the intellectual
property rights.
l The legal consequences of registration and the remedies available to an owner of
intellectual property.
l The territory in which the registered intellectual property rights can be protected and
enforced.
l The manner in which existing or future intellectual property rights can be transmitted by
sale, assignment, license, inheritance or operation of law.
l The manner in which intellectual property rights can be encumbered.
Identify the Importance of intellectual property right [5]
They were essentially recognized for the acceptations of these rights are:-