PATENTS: protects inventions
http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm
like:
http://edison.rutgers.edu/inventions.htm
TRADEMARKS:
http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
a short history:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/engin/trademark/timeline/tmindex.html
and some examples you may know of:
example one
example two
example three
COPYRIGHT:
http://www.copyright.gov/
Purchasing rights:
•One time rights
•First rights (pays extra for prive;dge of using first)
•Exclusive rights (guarantees solo use within a market area. Can sell the image to no competing markets)
•Second rights (gives rights to reproduce after it has appeared elsewhere)
•Works for hire-work made by an employee (rights mainained by employer)
•Promotion rights (use of work for promotion- as in an exhibition)
•Royalty free.
http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/home/home.aspx
http://www.magnatune.com/info/licensing
WHAT IS COPYRIGHTABLE?
Work that is a product of creative effort, created in a tangible form. (prints, drawings, compter generated work. Something that exists and is a unique creation of a human mind.
WHAT CAN'T BE COPYRIGHTED?
Ideas. They aren't tangible.
STUDENT USE OF IMAGES for Educational use:(research..)
•MUST credit images appropriately
http://www.oswego.edu/library/resources/reference.html#citations