Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Week 5 - Homework #2

1. What is a license?

2. What is a trademark?

3. What is a copyright?

4. What is the difference between a common law trademark or copyright and registered trademark, copyright, or patent?

5. What is "open source"?

6. Why would open source be an advantage to the creator or inventor?

25 comments:

  1. 1) A use permit. To allow someone else the use of your product, typically for a fee.

    2). Brand name ; a word, name or symbol

    3) Your stamp of ownership

    4) Common Law TM: C with a circle, year and initials. Not governed by statue, instead state law governed rights. These rights are limited to a geographic area.
    Registered TM, Copyright or Patent: Federal statue and national in scope.

    5). A process which is not patented because you want an open forum and audience. It is available to all without a fee

    6). Because it allows people or entities to view your product and attract potential advertising firms or investors.

    Stephanie Greenfield

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  2. 1. What is a license? A permit or authorization in order to do something or sell something which gives permission for someone to use it.

    2. What is a trademark? A brand or trade logo or picture that is unique to your product.

    3. What is a copyright? Exclusive rights to any monetary value of your product or idea.

    4. What is the difference between a common law trademark or copyright and registered trademark, copyright, or patent? Common law is free to us. Copyright gives notice with copyright symbol, your name and date of inception. Patent shares with society but can after a number of years become public. Registered is very costly but can collect triple statutory damages if needed.

    5. What is "open source"? Documentation available at no cost to the public that also allows collaboration on the subject or material.

    6. Why would open source be an advantage to the creator or inventor? It allows other people to add information to the website. Kind of like Wikipedia. It could be a disadvantage to the creator because “people don’t attribute value to things that are free.”
    Dawn

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  3. 1. Gives someone the right to use your idea(product) in exchange for money. Such as Microsoft Word, you pay for it and they send you a license number to enter on your comp to use their product.
    2. Trademark gives you the rights to your logo, names or phrases. Trademarks are for images and slogans not the intellectual property that is for the copyright.
    3. Your stamp of ownership on a particular work, art, idea, website. It puts it in the public record so that other scientists or inventors can see that you have the rights to it.
    4. Common law copyright is free to us: You can still recover damages from your work as long as you give them notice that it is your work such as the C with a circle around it.
    5. It is the opposite the of copyright and trademark. You don't copyright it so people add to it and get it for free so that they can advertise on the site it's on. Such as lectures at MIT or medical notes or Wikipedia.
    6. It helps spawn additional development in your field. So people can add to the information such as on Wikipedia and also if you can get a lot of views because it is free to them then you can charge more for advertisement and make your profit that way.

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  4. 1 - A license gives a person permission to use your product or idea
    2 - A brand or logo that is specific to your product or company
    3 - Ownership of your product, idea, or image. Lets other people know that you have monetary rights to it
    4 - registered trade mark can bring higher damages if someone uses your “thing.” Common law trademark is free. Registered also costs a lot.
    5 - Open Source is an open forum that you willingly want people to collaborate with you.
    6 - Many different people can add to the idea, potentially making it more valuable to investors and advertisers.

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  5. 1. A license is when we allow someone to use our idea or product for a fee. This fee can be in terms of a one time payment or in the form of a royalty.

    2. A trademark is a unique design or logo that people use to identify your product.

    3. A copyright is a stamp that is put on one’s work to show ownership.

    4. The difference between a common law trademark or copyright and registered trademark, copyright, or patent is that common law trademarks and copyrights are free to us and we can collect some damages from others using our ideas. Registered trademarks, copyrights or patents gives our exclusive use for a period of time and allow more leverage for collecting damages.

    5. "Open source" is the opposite of a trademark, copyright or patent. Open source is when we offer what we have for free for anyone to use in the hopes that others can build upon our work for the betterment of the product.

    6. Open source can be an advantage to the creator or inventor in that it can help create additional development in our area.

    John Rea

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  6. 1. A license is permission to use my idea as exchange for money.
    2. A logo or symbol a company uses as recognition.
    3. A copyright is a stamp of ownership which goes into public record that proves that you own the product or idea.
    4. Common law trademark is free to us and the damages for collecting money from someone taking and using your idea is usually not as significant and high as a registered trademark. A registered trademark is more expensive but protects your product a bit more. It's like the saying, "you get what you pay for."
    5. "Open source" is deliberately not patenting or copyrighting something because of the ads that will attract to it and build upon. We, as humans, do not usually attract to "free things."
    6. Open source can be an advantage because it would attract advertisers and investors and allow people to add on to the source.

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  7. Kolby


    1. What is a license?
    A license allows someone else to use your idea for free in exchange for royalty or a lump sum.

    2. What is a trademark?
    A trademark is a unique design or logo identifying your personal map. An example would be the Nike swoosh.

    3. What is a copyright?
    A copyright is a stamp of ownership on your creation.

    4. What is the difference between a common law trademark or copyright and registered trademark, copyright, or patent?
    A common law is free to us, little to no money is needed and you can recover any damages so long as you give them notice for using/taking your idea.
    Registered shares information with society, puts it into public records.

    5. What is "open source"?
    Open source means you deliberately do not trademark, copyright, or patent. You allow your idea to be used for free by users and this brings more users and that is where the value comes from.

    6. Why would open source be an advantage to the creator or inventor?
    Free, low overhead, helps spawn additional development in the project itself.

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  8. 1.A license provides others with the right to utilize your idea or product. In return, the license owner is provided with a form of payment.
    2.A trademark is a unique identifier specific to a company, product, etc. An example of a trademark would be the “C” on Coach purses and products.
    3.A copyright is a ‘stamp of ownership’. This shows that you have rights to the product, idea, etc. that you own.
    4.Common laws are provided at no cost to us. You can also recover any possible damages with a provided notice of others utilizing your idea. Registered trademarks come at a higher cost to us and have the ability to protect the product/idea more.
    5.Open source is the antithesis of a copyright or trademark. You allow your idea to be used at no cost to the consumer.
    6.It promotes high volume since there is no cost. You then have the ability to build upon your idea with additional developments and you also can then venture into charging for advertising.

    Katie Amen

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  9. 1. What is a license?
    A license allows someone else to use your idea for a fee. If you sign a license agreement with them you can use their idea in exchange for money or vice versa money. It is a royalty for permission of use. For example, Microsoft gives you a right to use their product for a certain time for a certain price.

    2. What is a trademark?
    A trademark is more for images, slogans, unique designs, and logos. It is identifiable to your product. In other words it is intellectual property that other people will recognize. It identifies your company without actually saying it. For example, the bird on the Twitter symbol is trademarked.

    3. What is a copyright?
    A copyright is your stamp of ownership on your particular work. It lets people know that you have legal rights to the work or idea.

    4. What is the difference between a common law trademark or copyright and registered trademark, copyright, or patent?
    A Common law trademark is free to us. You don’t need to spend money on registering it and can recover damage as long as you give notice. You can still file lawsuit in district court that they stole your idea. Registered trademarks are shared with society in the books and are a bit more costly.


    5. What is "open source"?
    An open source is a product or idea that is allowed to be used at no cost because they want to attract marketers that want to build upon the product or idea. Wikipedia is an example of this.

    6. Why would open source be an advantage to the creator or inventor?
    It is an advantage because it helps spawn additional development in your field. You don’t care if they buy your product; you just want them to buy the products in the field because it’s good for the whole industry that you are a part of.

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  10. 1. What is a license?

    A license is something that you must pay someone else to use. This is typical in computer software.

    2. What is a trademark?

    It is a symbol or word that is used to represent a company or product. An example of this would be the Boise State logo, that has the TM in the bottom left corner.

    3. What is a copyright?

    It is a legal stamp of ownership ©

    4. What is the difference between a common law trademark or copyright and registered trademark, copyright, or patent?

    Common law is giving notice that it is your work ie: © 2012 Brian Puckett. Registered is lots of money and time in court, to claim sole ownership.

    5. What is "open source"?

    It is open to the world for use by anyone at anytime.

    6. Why would open source be an advantage to the creator or inventor? This could possibly create a buzz that would help sell or promote other products or items they have.

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  11. Dan Marshall

    1. A license permits someone to do something that an authority has given them.

    2. A trademark is symbol or word that represents a company. Like a Nike swoosh.

    3. A copyright is your stamp of artwork or ownership.

    4. You can recover damages on Common law as long as you gave notice that you owned the work. Registered Trademarks are open to the public.

    5. open source is when you deliberately do not patent your trademark because you want to draw attention to your product.

    6. Open source helps spawn addition development in your field.

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  12. Aaron Henretty

    1. Allowance to someone, for a price, to use your idea or product.

    2. Intellectual property that is easily recgonized in the trade.

    3. Your stamp of ownership on a particular product, art, or anything that is yours.

    4. Commonw law requires a notice of infridgement on the trademark or copyright. Registered means largers fines if the copyrighted material is "stolen".

    5. Diliberately not puting a patent or copyright on an idea or product in the hopes that it brings or attracts people to it and build upon it.

    6. Because it helps spawn additional development in your field.

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  13. --Sara Orton

    1. A license allows someone else to use your idea for a fee.

    2. A trademark is a logo, design, slogan, or statement that is unique to the company.

    3. A copyright is your stamp of ownership providing you legal rights to your work or products.

    4. A common law copyright or trademark is not registered with the government. The trademark sign and copyright sign are still necessary and will still protect your work but a registered trademark or copyright is further protected because it is in the system.

    5. Open source is deliberately not patenting a product in hopes of attracting people if the demand is high enough.

    6. Because it can further the developments in your particular field.

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  14. Larisa Gavrilyuk

    1. A license is giving someone the permission to use your idea or concept in exchange for money. Licensing the logo, the name, the brand, than the people are getting the right to use it for a certain amount of time.

    2. A trademark is something significant that you will trademark in your business. Logos, images, slogans are ™ed.

    3. Copyright is your ideas or business that will be copyrighted.

    4. You can still collect damages from someone as long as you have given them notice that it is your work that you are giving them. If they steal your stuff you can file a lawsuit against them on common law. Same for © and TM. If it is off patent it can go generic. File your own paten to keep your copyright or trademark. You can register it federally once your business is making money.

    5. Open source is the opposite of copyright, ™, or patents you are not creating any of those. Example is medical information. The value of giving people the ability to educate off of it or build of off it. We usually do not attribute value to things that are not free.

    6. The benefits might help additional development in your field.

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  15. 1. What is a license?
    You are allowed, or allow someone to use idea/concept for payment/royalties for a certain amount of time.

    2. What is a trademark?
    Design/logo anything that is identifiable name logo (intellectual property)

    3. What is a copyright?
    Your stamp of ownership on a certain thing

    4. What is the difference between a common law trademark or copyright and registered trademark, copyright, or patent?
    Common law patent trademark: free to us, “c” with a circle around it
    Trademark: TM
    Patent: no one can take your ideas,
    Copyright: shares ideas with society and puts it in public record so that others can look at it and make sure no one can take it.

    5. What is "open source"?
    Deliberately do not trademark/patent things. You create an audience wanting something. Medical info is open source so people can build on info…

    6. Why would open source be an advantage to the creator or inventor?
    So that people can contribute info to what you have provided. Spawns additional development to the field. People attribute status to the cost of things, more money means better quality.

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  16. Ben Wagner
    1. What is a license?- A license is a fee charged to grant permission to someone to use your idea or product.

    2. What is a trademark?- A trademark is an image, name, or phrase that is used to identify your property.(Ex.The Nike Swoosh)

    3. What is a copyright?- A copy write is a legal notation on a piece of property stating it is yours by ownership.

    4. What is the difference between a common law trademark or copyright and registered trademark, copyright, or patent?- Common law is a easy, cheap procedure that allows you to claim ownership of work, but you don't have to pay heavy fee's and go through the bureaucracy of getting registered copy writes.

    5. What is "open source"?- Open source is not trademarked or copy written, it is free access to products, usually web based.

    6. Why would open source be an advantage to the creator or inventor?- It could create a lot of buzz around your product and cause further development in your field.

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  17. 1. A license is letting someone use your idea or product, for a price.
    2. A trademark is a personal logo or slogan that only that company uses. For example, LV everywhere is known as Louis Vuitton.
    3. A copyright is your ownership over your product; like a stamp of ownership.
    4. Common law trademark is free for us to use. You can register your product for no cost and you can file lawsuits in court if someone stole your idea. Registered trademarks shares information with society and it becomes a little more expensive.
    5. An open source has no trademark or patent. It’s free and available to anyone that wants to use it.
    6. An open source lets your name get out there in large volumes because there is no fee or cost to you. Once you get enough traffic to your site you can start to charge for advertising.

    Kali Sanders

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  18. 1. A license in this case is owner permission to use a certain product.

    2. A trademark is a symbol signifying a certain product, ie. Nike's "swoosh" or

    3. A copyright is ownership of your product and it is protected by law so no one can steal it or use it without your permission.

    4. A common law trademark represents a free ownership of product.

    5. An open source is an unregistered or not copyright protected and is open to anyone who wants to use it.

    6. An open source represents the ability to advertise or introduce a product without having to pay a fee.

    Brad Baker

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  19. 1. A license is giving another person or party the right to use your product or idea.

    2. A trademark is a logo or slogan or image that is identified with your product or idea.

    3. A copyright is your ownership over the product you created. It gives proof you created it, and will not allow someone to try to re market your idea or product for money.

    4. Common law trademark allows you to register your product or idea for no cost. It gives you protection over your product without have a copyright.

    5. An open source does not have a copyright or trademark. Anyone can use it.

    6. An open source lets your name get out to the public. It will further the development.

    -Amanda Berardinelli

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  20. 1. License is something that allows someone else to use your idea for a fee. Have you sign a license agreement. ex: Microsoft Word

    2. Trademark is something to identify with your company such as the Nike swoosh.

    3. Copyright is your stamp of ownership on your work of art. The little c with a circle around it.

    4. Common law is free to us versus a registered we have to pay for. They both have ownership and you can sue with them but the registered you are a registered owner and they can look you up rather than having to show the work with your stamp.

    5. An "open source" is something you don't patent or trademark in hopes of getting advertising dollars such as medical info you want people to build off what you already have.

    6. It would be an advantage because you want people to have the information so it can help everybody and make your idea better.

    -Mecala Fitzpatrick

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  21. Sam Bell
    Homework Week 5 #2
    1. A license gives another person or persons the right to use your property or idea.
    2. A trademark is a visual image associated with your product, idea, or company. It cannot be used without your consent. Trademarks are big for name recognition such as the McDonald’s arches are a trademark that cannot be copied.
    3. A copyright is your claim to your idea. It ensures that your product/idea cannot be used without you permission. Infringement of copyright can result in lawsuits for triple damages.
    4. Common law trademark allows protection of your idea by filing for free. Registered copyrights can be fairly expensive, but are smart to get once your company has gotten off the ground and become successful to further protect your investment in your company.
    5. Open source is open for the public to view and use products ideas. Internet blogs and medical records are open source to allow information sharing and increase interest.
    6. Open source can create interest and increase the market. Open source is the idea that if the field is doing well, your business in that specific field will benefit. -Sam Bell

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  22. 1. What is a license?
    Allowing someone to use an idea for a fee.

    2. What is a trademark?
    Allowing only your company to use a certain logo, phrase, etc.

    3. What is a copyright?
    What we’ve designed is only useable by us.

    4. What is the difference between a common law trademark or copyright and registered trademark, copyright, or patent?
    Common law trademark you can sue for someone stealing it, registered is when people have to pay every time they use it.

    5. What is "open source"?
    Giving the info out to promote the idea and encourage others to build upon it.

    6. Why would open source be an advantage to the creator or inventor?
    Because it helps spawn additional development in your field.

    ANDREW CLARKE

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  23. 1. License is permission to use a product or idea.

    2. Trademark is a design, slogan or image that is associated with your brand. The Nike swoosh is a trademark.

    3. Copyright is a mark of your claim of legal ownership.

    4. Common law trademark or copyright is your claim of ownership of original work. Registered means the work is recognized as your legal property. Common law is free to use and registration cost time and money to obtain.

    5. Open source is when you allow free use of your work.

    6. One advantage to open source is that you can get others to help improve your work and it can increase the market share for your related products. Linux is an open source operating system and a lot of people make money by tweaking the source code for specific applications.

    -Stephen Jacques

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  24. Vanessa Rios
    1. What is a license? A license, once purchased, is a license to be able to use a product. Such as MS Word, Excel, etc.
    2. What is a trademark? Logos, sayings, etc. Such as "Subway, eat fresh."
    3. What is a copyright? A copyright shows that you are legally the owner of a product or idea, it can also work to give notice.
    4. Difference between a common law trademark or copyright. Copyright is to make your ideas legally your ideas. A common law trademark shares the information to the public. Such as pharmacy's but it is still your idea.
    5. What is open source? It is opposite of the trademarks, copyrights, etc. It is used for medical purposes and educational purposes. Its purpose is to give people ideas to build off of them to be able to advance.
    6.What is an advantage to open source. This allows for us to advance and innovate.

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  25. 1. A license gives permission for someone to use your idea in exchange for money.
    2.A logo/design that is used to identify your business.
    3.Stating that a piece of property is yours by using a copyright
    4.Common law is free and easy to use, You can register the design at no cost but can protect yourself if someone takes your idea. Registered trademarks share information with the general public and is more pricey.
    5.This is free and is open to anyone.
    6.This is a great way to get people talking about your product.

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