Intellectual Property

What is your definition of “intellectual property”?  What is an “expert’s” definition of intellectual property?  What examples of intellectual property, from academic or everyday life, can you name?  How does the concept of intellectual property change when it can be manipulated and shared?


For this blog post we are to talk about intellectual property, and to address a few questions presented to us on the subject.


My own definition of "intellectual property" is all forms of media and various art forms  which are owned by a person who has created the concept or idea.  So because they created the idea they own intellect which created the media in question is owned by them and is trademarked by them.


The 'expert' definition of intellectual property that I got from the world intellectual property organization website is :Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.


IP is divided into two categories:  Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs.  Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs. (http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/)


Some examples of intellectual property that I can name from my every day life and in my academical setting are: textbooks, novels, paintings, poetry, films made in art class, and photos taken.


I believe the concept of intellectual property changes when it can be manipulated and shared in that because it is shared it can become a source of inspiration of others who then use that work possibly as a reference to that piece. So then in some ways it makes it harder to determine if a persons intellectual property has been violated and used by another, since the new work is not an exact copy of the original and defining ownership of an idea or concept is a hard thing to do if it is not seen that it is an complete and utter copy of the original. It is a new idea and is different so it is hard to identify the amount of intellectual property of the original that is in the new version.