Pearson 1CP2 - 5.2 - Intellectual Property

What term is used to describe a unique creative product of the human mind such as a piece of software, a computer game, the design for a new processor, a digital image, a piece of music or a literary work?

• Creative Property
• Innovative Asset
• Imaginative Property

• Intellectual Property

An item of intellectual property will often have a ??? value.

• spiritual
• physical
• emotional
• commercial

The creators of unique works own the ??? to their own work.

• patent
• trademark
• license
• copyright

??? means that no one can use an original work without permission and may have to pay a fee.

• Trademark
• Patent
• Copyright
• Plagiarism

Only the ??? has the right to make copies of an original work or (in the case of film and music) perform it in public. They are also the only individual capable of giving permission for others to do so.

• Creator

• Intellectual property manager

• Patent holder
• Trademark holder

What is the name of the UK act of law that legislates who can and can't make use of an original work?

• Intellectual Property Act 2004
• Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
• Creative Commons Act 2010
• Trademark Act 1994

If someone came up with a unique design for a house and had it copyrighted. I could still (legally) design a house with very similar features (in fact almost identical but not exact). This is because...

• Similar designs are automatically considered copyright infringement
• Copying a design with minor changes is always illegal
• Copyright law does not protect ideas, only the specific expression of those ideas.
• Copyright law protects all aspects of a design, including ideas

What symbol is used to prove that something is copyrighted?

• ®
• ™
• ℗
• ©

Copying and redistributing original works is known as...

• Plundery

• Thievary

• Piracy

• Hacking

Pirating original works is unethical and means the original creator...

• is not paid for their efforts

• is praised for their work
• receives recognition for their efforts
• benefits from the sharing of their content