INTRODUCTION

TO
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY

BY Ronald De Four
The University of the West Indies St. Augustine

The material presented in this document was sourced from the WIPO Web Site

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 Plagiarism

BY Ronald De Four
The University of the West Indies St. Augustine

The material presented in this document was sourced from the WIPO Web Site

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 What is plagiarism?
(And why you should care!)

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 Definition:

Plagiarism is the presenting the words,

ideas, images, sounds, or the creative
expression of others as your own.

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 Did You Know?

The word plagiarism comes from the Latin

plagiarius meaning "kidnapper"

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 How serious is the problem?
“A study of 4,500 students at 25 schools:

72% admitted to serious cheating on written

assignments using the Internet.”

Based on the research of Donald L. McCabe, Rutgers University

Source: “CIA Research.” Center for Academic Integrity, Duke University, 2003 <
http://academicintegrity.org/cai_research.asp >.

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 Students, If:
 you have included
the words and ideas
of others in your
work that you
neglected to cite,

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 Two types of plagiarism:
 Intentional  Unintentional
 Copying a friend’s work  Careless paraphrasing
 Buying or borrowing  Poor documentation
papers
 Failure to use your own
 Cutting and pasting
blocks of text from “voice”
electronic sources
without documenting
 Media
“borrowing”without
documentation

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 Types of Plagiarism: Copying

The most well-known and, sadly,

the most common type of
plagiarism is the simplest:
copying. If you copy someone
else's work and put your name on
it, you have plagiarized.

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 Terminology: Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of stealing someone else's work and
attempting to "pass it off" as your own. This can apply to
anything, from term papers to photographs to songs, even
ideas!

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 Property

Property is a thing or things belonging to someone;

possessions collective.

Can be tangible or intangible.

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 What is Property ?

The meaning of the word Property:

Property is referred to tangible or intangible
things. The owner of the property is free to use
it as she/he wishes, provided the use is non
against the law, and to exclude others from so
using that owned item of property.

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 What is Property ?

 Like property in land, you can sell it, donate it,

or lease it under any sort of conditions and
protect it from almost every kind of trespass.

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 Locke’s 2 Treatise – p. 2
nd

 “the earth and all inferior creatures be

common to all men . . .”

 What might this mean?

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Locke’s Theory of Appropriation

1. Nature was created for all to share; it is a

common

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Locke’s Theory of Appropriation

1. Nature was created for all to share; it is a

common
2. We each own our body, and the labor it
produces

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 Introduction to intellectual
property

Intellectual property refers to creation of mind.

Invention, industrial designs for article, literary and
artistic work, symbols etc. used in commerce.
1. Patents
2. Copyrights
3. Trademarks
4. industrial design

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 Intellectual Property

 An intangible personal property

resulting from mental processes
 Protection of the owners right to
protect or profit from the use of his or
her property

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 What is intellectual property?
Intellectual Property is something produced using
human intellect which has commercial value.

Often intangible in nature, but usually contained

on a tangible, fixed medium- paper, CD, computer
chips…..

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 Intellectual Property Rights
“COPYRIGHT”
LITERARY
NOVEL
“INDUSTRIAL
POEM
PROPERTIES”
PLAYS
PATENTS
FILMS
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
MUSICAL
TRADEMARKS
ARTISTIC
TRADE SECRETS
DRAWINGS
PLANT VARIETIES
PHOTOGRAHS
INTEGRATED
PERFORMING ARTS
CIRCUITS
SCULPTURES
GEOGRAPHICAL
SOFTWARE
INDICATORS
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 Property Types
 Traditional Property
e.g. Land, building, natural resources etc.

 Intellectual Property – creations of the mind

e.g. Inventions, literary and artistic works,
symbols and design used in commerce

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 Types of Property
 Real
 Land
 Personal
 Cars, jewelry, clothing
 Easements
 Non-corporal interest in real property
 Railroads, utilities
 Intellectual
 Patents, copyrights and trademarks
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 Kinds of Property

 Movable Property
 Car, Pen, Furniture, Dress
 Immovable Property
 Land, Building
 Intellectual Property
 Literary works, inventions

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 Divisions of IP
Intellectual
Property

Industrial
Copyright
Property
inventions literary works
trademarks (novels, poems,
industrial designs plays, films,
musical works)
graphic indicators artistic works
of source
(drawings,
paintings,
photographs,
sculptures,
architectural
designs)

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 questions

 What property?
 What are types of property?
 What is an intellectual property?
 What is plagiarism?

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 Thank you

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 The End

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