Understanding basic concepts of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets are part of your Asset Protection program because they are arguably the most valuable assets your company owns. While The need for copyright protection is pretty obvious for a book writer and the need for Patents is clear for a pharmaceutical company, you might be looking at your balance sheet and think your most valuable asset is your inventory or your employees if you are a good leader....
Copyrights: Gives its owner the exclusive right to copy and distribute creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work must be in a tangible medium (ex: on paper, computer file) and It is important to note, You cannot copyright an idea, but you can copyright the expression of this idea.
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