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Some of the good ethical practices are as follows:
• Practice 1: Unless software is authentic, we should not use it.
• Practice 2: Using a computer, we should not interfere with others’ computer work.
• Practice 3: Using a computer, we should not harm other people by uploading anything bad about them on social
media.
• Practice 4: We should not access other people’s personal data.
• Practice 5: We should not claim others’ intellectual properties.
• Practice 6: Honour and respect the fellow person with whom we are communicating using email and other social
media.
• Practice 7: We should confirm before sharing any information on social media.
14.4 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Intellectual Property refers to the ideas and innovations that are the creation of an individual mind or a group of minds.
Some examples of Intellectual Properties are as follows:
i. Scientific Inventions
ii. Musicals Works
iii. Literary and Artistic Works
14.4.1 Intellectual Property Rights
To protect these creations, there are some legal rights. These legal rights protect the original works from different
types of misuse such as unauthorized access and piracy.
There are three types of intellectual property rights:
Intellectual Property Rights
Patents Trademarks Copyrights
• Patents: This property right gives the owner of the innovation the sole right to produce, use
or sell the item at least for the first 5 year, before others could start manufacturing it. This
right is also valid for computer software.
• Trademarks: Trademarks are visuals such as symbols or designs, written materials such as words
or phrases or even sometimes audio effects that uniquely identify the concerned property or
services of a company from the others. Such trademarks cannot be used by other companies.
The validity of trademarks remains with the parent company for 7 years which may continue, if
the company renews the licence.
• Copyright: Copyright is used for protecting different literary works such as different codes of
computer programs, databases, novels, poems, musical compositions, etc. Due to this law, the
work of the authors and musicians last for at least seventy years with the author, even he/she dies.
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