Intellectual Rights
What are the intellectual rights of an engineering company
Definition and Purpose:
According to the Current Copyright Law in the UK:
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The law gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works, sound recordings, broadcasts, films and typographical arrangement of published editions, rights to control the ways in which their material may be used.
Intellectual Property Laws that Engineering Organisation Must Consider When Running in a Competitive Environment
Copyright
Trademark
For Example, the fisher karpark industries have their own trademark to prevent other business companies from stealing their name and use it on their advantage.
Design Registration
For example, Highways Agency registers design patents before they distribute their plans to other authorities. This will prevent people such as private companies that would copy your plans
Patent
For Example, the inventor of the cat's eye in 1933, he patented his invention once it became viral, so that no other people could copy his invention. Then 2 years later, he made a company Catseye and trademarked it.