[...]... written with engineers in mind, but applies to scientists also, if they will excuse the avoidance of clumsy terminology and interpret the references to engineers as meaning engineers and scientists’ 2 Intellectual property rights for engineers to the legal professionals who love to analyse the fine detail The knowledge of the overall principles an engineer needs in order to use intellectual property. .. Confidential information 5 — Patents 4 — — — — — — — — — Trade marks 6 4 Intellectual property rights for engineers Because the laws that give different types of protection are different in structure, it has not been possible to follow a set format for each chapter although the basic aspects are always present There is inevitably some repetition for clarity, such as brief comments on ownership and suing for infringement... necessary for that creation This seems to imply a financial 14 Intellectual property rights for engineers connection; probably the person or company that owns the computer will own the copyright The copyright lasts for 50 (not 70) years from the end of the year in which the copyright material was created In addition to copyright, computers can also create registered designs, design rights and topography rights. .. statement of the author’s rights Although paternity rights only came into existence in the UK on 1 August 1989, when the 88 Act came into effect, they are to some extent retrospective They apply 16 Intellectual property rights for engineers to copyright created before that date, provided the creator was alive on 1 August 1989 and had not assigned or licensed the copyright The retrospective rights do not apply... which legal version was illicitly copied See also Rights Management Information in Section 2.7.1.8 2.5 Moral rights Moral rights are in addition to the legal rights associated with copyright There are two major rights which may sometimes be relevant to an engineer, and two minor ones Employees only have moral rights in very limited circumstances, so most engineers are excluded, except when they create... between undertakings 8.3.1 Background 8.3.2 Conditions for an agreement to be anti-competitive 8.3.3 Exemptions for beneficial agreements 8.3.4 Exemptions for technology transfer agreements 8.3.5 Exemptions for R&D agreements 8.3.6 Exemptions for specialisation agreements 8.3.7 Exemptions for vertical supply and distribution agreements 8.3.8 Exemptions for subcontracting agreements 8.4 Dominance of undertakings... There may be other copyrights involved, so that a shorthand writer will have copyright in a particular shorthand version and the sound recordist will own copyright in the tape, but the speaker will have overall control through copyright in the words which have been recorded 10 Intellectual property rights for engineers 2.2.1.5 Artistic copyright Artistic copyright is relevant to engineers because it... individually designed items of furniture It applies to typefaces and to typographical editions, that is, the way a literary work is laid out on a page As there is little of direct application to engineers in these additional types of work, few further references will be made to them 12 Intellectual property rights for engineers 2.3 Ownership and duration of copyright In this section, and elsewhere in... though both directives are fully in force 8 Intellectual property rights for engineers 2.2 Types of copyright 2.2.1 Literary and artistic copyright 2.2.1.1 Literary copyright As soon as an engineer writes a report or a specification, a handbook or even a business letter, it is automatically protected by copyright In the 88 Act, the relevant legal definition for a literary work is ‘any work which is... term for the legal rights protecting innovation is intellectual property rights (IPRs) The phrase has become better known in the last 10 years or so, as the value of IPRs is becoming recognised by management and writers on management, in addition to government initiatives In the UK there are six basic IPRs – patents, copyright, registered designs, design right, trade marks and confidential information . Lorriman Intellectual Property Rights for Engineers 2nd Edition Other volumes in this series: Volume 15 Forecasting for technologists and engineers: . 22 Intellectual property rights for engineers, 2nd edition V. Irish Volume 23 Demystifying marketing: a guide to the fundamentals for engineers P. Forsyth Volume