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Term Paper Template Intellectual Property - IMS657
Term Paper Template Intellectual Property - IMS657
Abstract: This paper has specifically focused on the Intellectual Property Corporation of
Malaysia (Act 2002), concept, definition, patent, policy of intellectual property in Malaysia.
Intellectual property is a most important for private , government, individual or any creator of
something that call the owner of the creates things whether it is articles, journal, pictures, audio
or any kind of things that can be considered as records or documents. Somehow, the records
are not wrong if the creator are enable their intellect thing to be use but must have the
appropriate citation or cited the creator as a reference not taking their idea without mentioned
their creator. The ethic of the user also has to be considered.
Keywords: Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (Act 2002), concept, definition, patent,
policy, intellectual property, ethic
INTRODUCTION
In todays information and technology environment, ethics is the most important behavior to the
user who are using someone works. The properly citation and appropriate cited are needed in
order to make the originality works of creator are used to be as reference. According to World
Intellectual Property Organization, intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: invention;
literary and artistic works; and symbols, names, images used in commerce. Intellectual property
is divided into two categories:
1) Industrial Property includes patents for inventions, trademarks, industrial designs and
geographical indications.
2) Copyright cover literary works such as novels, poems and plays, films, music, artistic
works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures and architectural design.
There are related to the copyright including the performing artist in their performances,
the producers of phonograms in their recording and broadcaster in their radio and
television programs.
METHODOLOGY
In completing this term paper internet searching based on the articles produce by well-known
articles owner such as WIPO, Law of Malaysia Act 167, Henry Goh & Co. Sdn. Bhd. In gaining
and collecting the information about intellectual property our group review these articles to find
the meaning of intellectual property, patent, trademark, policy and act that related to the
intellectual property.
purchase a product of service based on the specific characteristics and quality, as indicated by
its unique trademark. For example the trademark that use by AirAsia are well recognize
because it shows the company product which is, airlines organization. Trademark protection
ensures that the owner of idea have the exclusive right to use them to recognize good or
services, or to authorize other to use them in return payment. Trademark protection is legally
force by courts that the most system has the authority to stop trademark infringement.
According to Law of Malaysia Act 617, Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia Act 2002,
this Act to establish the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia and to provide for its
functions and powers and for matters connected therewith.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia Act 2002.
(2) This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by Minister, by notification in
the Gazette, and the Minister may appoint different provisions of this Act.
Interpretation
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires this Act includes any subsidiary
legislation made under this Act; prescribed, where no manner of prescribing is
provided, means prescribed from time to time by rules, regulations or orders published
in the Gazette; rights means all rights, powers, privileges and immunities, whether
actual, contingent or prospective; committee means any committee established under
section 19; Director General means the Director General of the Corporation appointed
under section 11; Fund means the Fund established under section 29; liabilities
means liabilities, debts, charges, duties and obligations of every description whether
present or future, actual or contingent, and whether payable or to be observed or
performed in Malaysia or elsewhere; Minister means the Minister for the time being
responsible for intellectual property; Registrar means the Registrar of Trade Marks, the
Registrar of Patents, the Registrar of Industrial Designs and the Registrar of
Geographical Indications under the relevant Intellectual Property Legislation; Controller
means the Controller of Copyright appointed under subsection 5(1) of the Copyright Act
1987 [Act 332]; Chairman means the Chairman appointed under section 6;
Corporation means the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia established under
section 3; Intellectual Property Legislation means the legislation specified in the First
Schedule; record includes record stored or recorded by means of a computer; vesting
date means the date on which properties, rights and liabilities specified by the Minister
in the order under subsection 4(1) to which the Government of Malaysia, the Registrar or
Controller under the relevant Intellectual Property Legislations, was entitled or subject to,
are transferred to and vested in the Corporation;........
Performances of performing
artists, phonograms and
broadcasts
Scientific discoveries
Industrial designs
Social networking sites are a good thing and have many advantages. In accordance with the
current situation in which it can help facilitate users to make their daily operations, enabling
users to communicate with people far away, to share information and so on. Social networking
sites are not just limited to some people but it is a global scale in which practically all the world's
people use it. Social networking sites are in virtual pages that are only accessible by certain
gadgets such as computers, phones, tablets, and other well but it must have internet network.
Nowadays people frequently use Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and Twitter to
communicate with families, friend and relatives. Because of too much information to
communicate, it will be a problem when people use it illegally. According to the cases that faced
by Young Director of KL Gangster which are Syamsul Yusof, his own movie is showed before
the release date. This will make their own movie has been stolen and duplicated by someone that
might close with him. This cases is related to the study because it indicates that people attitudes
is depend on their awareness which is in good way or bad way. The spread of computing and the
Internet have made it difficult to apply traditional intellectual property laws. Despite popular
belief, just because it's easy to distribute information using the Internet does not mean that it's
right to do so.
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