RESEARCH ETHICS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PATENT LAW
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Patent
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Trade Secrets
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Copyright
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Trademark
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Copyright Act, 1957 protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and cinematograph films and sound recordings from unauthorized uses. Unlike the case with patents, copyright protects the expressions and not the ideas.
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: -There are two types of rights under copyright: economic rights, which allow the rights owner to derive financial reward from the use of their works by others; and. moral rights, which protect the non-economic interests of the author.