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This 4 page paper discusses several aspects of law: how to protect intellectual property rights; the definition of strict liability torts and an example of such a case; and a discussion of actions that can be both torts and criminal acts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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can be both civil and criminal. Discussion Intellectual property is often the source of conflict, and because it can be nebulous-a discussion of ideas-it has given rise to specific
measure to protect it. Of those methods, three are perhaps the most usual: patents, copyrights and trademarks. They are all handled by the U.S. Patent Office but they are all
different, even though they are related. Patents are issued to protect inventions from plagiarism (What are the various methods of securing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)?, 2008-hereafter "Methods, 2008"). There are
two different types of patents: utility patents and design patents (Methods, 2008). Utility patents are designed to protect, in general, what we would call new inventions or improved functions of
previous inventions (Methods, 2008). The source defines utility patents as protecting the "new and useful functions, machines, manufacture, products, processes and compositions of an invention or any subsequent new and
useful improvement" (Methods, 2008). Design patents protect any changes made to the "cosmetic appearance of an invention," including such things as an original, new and "ornamental design for an article
of manufacture" (Methods, 2008). Copyrights are used to protect the way in which an idea is expressed; although it is not possible to copyright an idea itself (Methods, 2008). Copyrights
are most usually found protecting theatrical works, literary works, musical scores and so on (Methods, 2008). Finally, trademarks are used to "protect the identity of the source of a product
or service" (Methods, 2008). A trademark under the meaning of the law can be a logo, brand, or other device that "distinguishes the source of origin of one product or
service from another" (Methods, 2008). We now come to tort law, and in particular, strict liability. A "tort" is a civil wrong, as opposed to a criminal complaint, but one
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