Legal & Ethical Responsibilities

government license which gives the holder exclusive rights to make, use or sell an invention for a designated period of time

occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner

symbol which identifies a particular source of goods or services from others

rules the members of a society create to balance the individual rights to self determination against the needs of the society as a whole

unauthorized use of a trademark in a manner which is likely to cause confusion, deception or mistake about the source of goods or services

use of a patented invention without permission from the patent holder

doctrine which grants a permit for a designer to use a particular font in a design

exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee, to print, publish, perform or record creative materials

one of several public copyright licenses which enables the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work

any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and transformative purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize or parody