ALUNCEDO NANA

BUSINESS STUDIES
GRADE 11e2
PIRACY

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TABLE OF CONTENT

COVER PAGE PAGE 1

CONTENT PAGE PAGE 2

INTRODUCTION PAGE 3
What is piracy ?
BODY PAGE 4-6
}Name the laws that discourage piracy
and protect intellectual property?
}Name &describe the means available
within the law (mentioned in A)that
can be used by the owners of intellectual
property .Give examples?
CONCLUSION PAGE 7

BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE 8
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INTRODUCTION

Piracy is a big threat to businesses the world over and especially to business in SA. It
is the illegal copying of original music,films,books,software,patent rights and
trademarks without the rightful owner's permission
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BODY

A)NAME THE LAWS THAT CAN BE USED TO DISCOURAGE PIRACY AND

PROTECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY?
Intellectual property is a property right that can be protected under federal and state
law, including copyrightable works, ideas, discoveries, and inventions. The term
intellectual property relates to intangible property such as patents, trademarks,
copyrights, and tradesecrets. Thus, in today's legal marketplace most registered patent
attorneys hold themselves out as intellectual property law attorneys, as opposed to
merely a patent attorney. Having the right type of intellectual property protection
helps you to stop people stealing or copying: the names of your products

Laws that discourage and protect intellectual property

Trademark
Patent
Copyright
Industrial design
Geographical indicators
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B) NAME AND DESCRIBE THE MEANS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE LAW

(MENTIONED IN A)THAT CAN BE USED BY THE OWNERS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY .GIVE EXAMPLES

A PATENT
PATENT is a grant South Africa Patent and Trademark Office that allows the patent
owner to maintain a monopoly for a limited period of time on the use and
development of an invention ,design or plant .The most common type is a utility
patent that covers inventions that function in a unique manner to produce a useful
result .When most people refer to a patent ,they are usually referring to a utility
patent.Once a patent is granted ,the owner may enforce it by bringing a patent
infringement action (lawsuit)against anyone who makes,uses,or sells the invention
without the patent owner's permission. The most common reason for a patent to come
to an end is that the statutory period which is in force expires.
Examples of Patent :

Utility Patent

If you have a new, useful invention that is not obvious to others in the field of
invention, you may qualify for a patent .Utility patents are grouped into five
categories: a process,a machine,a manufacture ,a composition of matter,or an
improvement of an existing idea .Often,an invention will fall into more than one of
the categories. For instance ,computer software can usually be described both as a
process and as a machine .Regardless the number ofcategoriess in which an invention
falls ,only one utility patent may be issued on it .Among the many types of creative
works that might qualify for a utility patent are biological inventions;new chemical
formulas, processes or procedures;computer hardware and peripherals ;computer
software, cosmetics,electrical inventions ,electronic circuits, food invention,
housewares machines and magic tricks .
Design Patent

If you create a new and original design that

ornaments a manufactured device, you may qualify
for a design patent.You can even get a design patent for a computer screen icon .There
are strings attached to a design patent ,too
too. As noted, the design must be ornamental or
aesthetic; it cant be functional. Once you acquire a
design patent, you can stop others from making,
using, selling and importing the design.

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TRADEMARK

Trademarks identify the goods of one manufacturer from the goods of others.
Trademarks are important business assets because they allow companies to establish
their products reputation without having to worry that an inferior product will
diminish their reputation or profit by deceiving the consumer. Trademarks include
words, names, symbols and logos. The intent of trademark law is to prevent consumer
confusion about the origin of a product.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their
literary and artistic works. Works covered by copyright range from books, music,
paintings, sculpture and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps
and technical drawings.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

An industrial design constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. A

design may consist of three-dimensional features, such as the shape or surface of an
article, or of two-dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or color.

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATORS
Geographical indications and appellations of origin are signs used on goods that have
a specific geographical origin and possess qualities, a reputation or characteristics that
are essentially attributable to that place of origin. Most commonly, a geographical
indication includes the name of the place of origin of the goods.

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CONCLUSION

The purpose of intellectual property laws are to encourage new technology

,artistic expression and inventions while promoting economic growth
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Textboook
Focus Business Studies Grade 10 Textbook page 95-98

Newspaper
Sunday Times :Piracy page 12

Television
Laws that can be used to discourage piracy.ETV

Library
What is piracy ,What laws are used to discourage piracy and protect intellectual
property?
Page 103
Internet
www.piracy.com

Book
Everything you need to know about business studies .page 200
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