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What are the intellectual property rights for startups?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

What are Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)? Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or businesses for their creations or inventions. Copyrights: Copyrights protect original works of authorship such as software codes, artistic creations, literature, music, films, etc.

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Intellectual Property Theft: A Menace

Kashishipr

Of these crimes, Intellectual Property (IP) theft is one of the many, which involves stealing copyright, patents, industrial designs, etc., Copyright and trade secrets like software, secret formula/recipes, music, etc., Reasons of Theft of Intellectual Property.

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The Interplay of Big Data and Intellectual Property Rights

Kashishipr

Big data is a relatively new concept that has created a greater conundrum in the realm of Intellectual Property (IP) laws. IP comes into the picture considering the patented hardware used to access, collect, and store data and the copyrighted software that helps to make deduction possible. What is Big Data?

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Protecting Application Programming Interfaces (API) Through Intellectual Property Laws

Kashishipr

An Application Programming Interface (API) is an electrical socket of a modern software system. API primarily allows interaction of different software elements since, in isolation, they would not derive substantial returns. The Role of Standard Software Libraries. Intellectual Property Protection over an API.

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Tokenization of intellectual property for IP rights management

The IPKat

While the tokenization of IP, namely for anti-counterfeiting purposes , was already outlined by the European Intellectual Property Office several years ago, WIPO sees potential applications of blockchain technology in IP ecosystems for "[a]ll types of IP assets: Registered and Unregistered Rights". a MIT license ).

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Taxation of Intellectual Property: A Comparative Note

Kashishipr

Today, companies are increasingly placing a huge amount of enterprise value on Intellectual Property (IP). As embodied in the Internal Revenue Code, IRS regulations, and case laws, IP includes patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, know-how, and computer software. The United States of America.

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Modularity and Intellectual Property Rights: A Strategic Consideration

Kashishipr

As their sales grew, the customers increasingly started demanding access and the right to modify the ‘driver’ software, which would allow the flash memory to interoperate with the host device. What is Modularity? The concept of modularity has become a common debate due to the vast outreach of consumers and industrial growth.