Patent Trademark and Copyright Patent trademark service marks

Patent �The right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling

Trademark �Trademark is a name, word, or symbol that a company uses to distinguish

Service Mark �Service mark is a name, word, or symbol that a company uses

Copyright �Protection provided by the laws of the U. S. to the authors of

Engineering Standards and Codes Developed over the years by various organizations to ensure product

Engineering Standards and Codes �To insure product safety and reliability �The standardization organizations set

Engineering Standards and Codes (continued) �Standards allow for easy way to communicate the size

Engineering Standards and Codes (continued) Example of an engineered product that adhere to many

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Patent, Trademark, and Copyright �Patent, trademark, service marks, and copyrights provide a mean to promote new ideas and inventions and at the same time to protect the inventors’ intellectual ( )ﻓﻜﺮﻱ properties �These are examples of means by which intellectual property is protected by the U. S. laws © 2011 Cengage Learning Engineering. All Rights Reserved. 3 -1

�Patent �Trade Mark �Copyright

Patent �The right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention in U. S. or importing the invention into U. S. �Does not grant the inventor the right to make, use, or sell the invention, it excludes others for doing so. �New patent is protected for 20 years from the date the patent application is filed © 2011 Cengage Learning Engineering. All Rights Reserved. 3 -3

Trademark �Trademark is a name, word, or symbol that a company uses to distinguish its products from others �Excludes others from using the same or similar mark �It does not prevent others from making the same or similar products © 2011 Cengage Learning Engineering. All Rights Reserved. 3 -4

Service Mark �Service mark is a name, word, or symbol that a company uses to distinguish its services from others �Excludes others from using the same or similar mark �It does not prevent others from providing the same or similar services © 2011 Cengage Learning Engineering. All Rights Reserved. 3 -5

Copyright �Protection provided by the laws of the U. S. to the authors of “original works of authorship” �Covers literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and other types of intellectual works �Covers both published and unpublished work �Protects form of expression, not the content or the subject matter © 2011 Cengage Learning Engineering. All Rights Reserved. 3 -6

Engineering Standards and Codes Developed over the years by various organizations to ensure product safety and reliability in services, and uniformity in parts and components Why do we need standards and codes? © 2011 Cengage Learning Engineering. All Rights Reserved. 3 -7

Engineering Standards and Codes �To insure product safety and reliability �The standardization organizations set the authoritative standards for safe food supplies, safe structures, safe water systems, safe and reliable electric systems, safe and reliable transportation systems, safe and reliable communication systems.

Engineering Standards and Codes (continued) �Standards allow for easy way to communicate the size of a product �For example, if we had global standards for shirts and shoes, then the above cross referenced tables would not be necessary © 2011 Cengage Learning Engineering. All Rights Reserved. 3 -9