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1. Overview
Intellectual property (IP) for the company refers to any copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and any other information that is related to the company's services and products (Biagioli, Jaszi, & Woodmansee, 2015). The company is committed to competing fairly in the marketplace. This commitment to fairness will include respecting the intellectual property of our clients, customers, suppliers, business partners, and competitors. No company employee, agent, or independent contractor should steal, misuse, copy or distribute the intellectual property rights owned and maintained by others. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the company maintains its reputation as a fair competitor, guarantee the integrity of the competitive marketplace in IP, and to comply with the laws regulating IP and industrial espionage.
2. Scope
This policy is applicable to all employees of the company, agents, independent contractors, directors, and officers. Subsidiaries, partnerships, business units, and joint ventures where the company owns majority shares or exercises management control are also covered in this policy. The policy covers the company's IP, and also that of its clients.
3. Policy, Standards, and Guidelines
a) Patents
The patent refers to the legal right granted to someone to exclude anyone else from marketing or manufacturing the company's unique and tangible things. A patent can also be registered in a foreign country to assist in keeping international competitors...
The patents currently held by the company can only be used under license from the company. Patents do not just refer to the patents owned by the company, but this also includes patents owned by others. No company employee is authorized to make use of another person's or company's patent without first obtaining permission from the owner of the patent. The same applies to all company-owned patents, no employee should give out any of the company's patents without the individual having followed the right process for obtaining approval to use the patent.
b) Trademarks
A trademark refers to the word, slogan, a symbol for good or services that are associated with a particular company. For example, "Jaguar" is a trademark for a particular type of car that is manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. The term trademark also includes logos.
The trademarks of the company are the logos, slogans, software developed in-house, and services offered. No one is authorized to use the trademarks of the company for their own personal gains.
c) Copyrights
A copyright is a legal right in any expression of an idea that is a work of original authorship fixed to a tangible medium (Bradner & Contreras, 2017). For example, movies, books, photos, software, music, and sculpture.
The company has copyright protection on its software, including any fixes to bugs, user manuals, and training courses for the software. The content published on the…
References
Biagioli, M., Jaszi, P., & Woodmansee, M. (2015). Making and unmaking intellectual property: creative production in legal and cultural perspective: University of Chicago Press.
Bradner, S., & Contreras, J. (2017). Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology (2070-1721). Retrieved from
Soomro, Z. A., Shah, M. H., & Ahmed, J. (2016). Information security management needs more holistic approach: A literature review. International Journal of Information Management, 36(2), 215-225.
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