BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS LAW
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patent
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copyright
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trademark
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trade secret
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Detailed explanation-1: -Copyright (or author’s right) is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works.
Detailed explanation-2: -In case of original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works the time period of copyright in India is 60 years in addition to the author’s lifespan. Where there are multiple authors, the term is 60 years post the death of the last author.
Detailed explanation-3: -The word copyright is a mixture of two words – ‘copy’ and ‘right’. To be more precise copyright means ‘right to copy’, wherein only the creator or his authorised person has a right to reproduce a work. In simple words, a legal right which is possessed by the owner of Intellectual property is a copyright.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ideas, facts and concepts are not protectable by copyright. However, the expression of those ideas, facts, and concepts are protectable.
Detailed explanation-5: -Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section “Copyright Registration.”