Protecting Business Innovations Via Copyright
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Intellectual property rights (IPR) has a great impact on innovation development and society. In Science, Engineering, and Business, we seek to create wealth through innovation in products, designs, manufacturing processes, and business systems or models. However, innovation leaders often FAIL to benefit from their discoveries and inventions when they are unable to adequately protect those innovations. Learn the basics of copyright, copyright infringement, derivative works/parody and copyright related to software.
This course provides learners with an understanding of Copyright law and how it can be used to protect business innovation. The course focus is on protecting innovations with copyright as one of several tools that can be used by companies and individuals to protect creative innovations. In additional to learning about how copyright works in theory, we will also discuss situations in which copyright might not be effective in protecting innovations, and will focus on the legal issues involved from a practical business perspective rather than from a purely legal viewpoint. This course is one part of a four course series focusing on protection of business innovations using copyright, patent, trademark and strategy, and these four courses may be taken in any order that is most beneficial to students interested in learning about protecting innovation.
Other courses in the Protecting Business Innovations series:
1. Copyright: https://www.coursera.org/learn/protect-business-innovations-copyright
2. Trademark: https://www.coursera.org/learn/protect-business-innovations-trademark
3. Patent: https://www.coursera.org/learn/protect-business-innovations-patent
4. Strategy: https://www.coursera.org/learn/protect-business-innovations-strategy
Protecting Business Innovations via Copyright
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology via Coursera
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction to Copyright
- Welcome to this course on Protecting Business Innovations via Copyright! How do companies protect their intellectual property, creative innovations and ensure they keep their customers happy? Over the next four weeks you will gain insight on how companies navigate the world of Copyright, Copyright limitations, Derivative work and Software Protection. As you go through the materials, you may have your own copyright related questions or scenarios that pop-up, feel free to post them in the discussion forum so we can try to apply strategic approaches learned in the course. Take some time to review the assignments, grading and general course guidelines for this course. Week 1 will cover the basics of copyright and will introduce the general terms that will be used in later weeks.
- Copyright Limitations
- Fair use is the largest area of exceptions of copyright. It is not a right, it is a defense. This week will cover the rules of fair use, how companies apply it, fair use limitations and will introduce more copyright limitations you should be aware of.
- Derivative Work & Parody
- This will explore other rights within Copyright Law. I will introduce derivative works and parody with lots of interesting examples like the Beach Boys, Weird Al and Annoying Orange. We encourage you to interact with the examples by going to YouTube or other suggested sites to view them as you go through the lecture videos.
- Protecting Software Innovations
- Software innovations is a special area of Copyright. This will week cover how companies protect software innovations with case studies like video games and Virtual Reality software. It will also cover the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which is a US Law but how it can affect companies around the world. Find out how companies navigate the interesting world of software and DMCA.
- Final Exam
- You've reached the final exam week! Complete the final exam and post-course survey. Your feedback can help us improve future iterations of the course. Good luck on the exam and hope to see you in ALL our upcoming courses for Protecting Business Innovations via: Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Strategy
Taught by
Theodore Henry King CLARK
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4.9 rating, based on 72 Class Central reviews
4.8 rating at Coursera based on 187 ratings
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The "Protecting Business Innovations via Copyright" course offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on Coursera provides a comprehensive overview of copyright law as it pertains to business innovations. It covers the fundamentals of copyright protection, including the automatic nature of copyright, benefits of registration, and key exceptions such as fair use and the first sale doctrine. The course also explores derivative works and parody, emphasizing their relationship with fair use. With practical insights and real-world examples, it equips learners with essential knowledge to safeguard their intellectual property effectively. The course is well-structured and valuable for anyone involved in business innovation.
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Este curso sobre la protección de innovaciones empresariales a través de los derechos de autor, ha sido increíblemente informativo y práctico. Aprendimos sobre la importancia de los derechos de autor y cómo proteger las expresiones creativas, las limitaciones y excepciones, y el uso legítimo. También exploramos las complejidades de las obras derivadas y la crucial Ley de Derechos de Autor del Milenio Digital (DMCA). Los módulos fueron bien estructurados y llenos de ejemplos prácticos, proporcionando una comprensión clara y aplicable. Este curso es esencial para cualquier emprendedor o creador que busque proteger sus innovaciones de manera efectiva. ¡Recomendable!
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Great course with many illustrative examples. The focus is US laws but the course yet covers international cases as well making it comprehensive and relevant for practitioners world-wide. For me, the section on software was particularly interesting and instructive since I am a patent attorney working for a software company. Prof. Clarke is a great instructor and sets a motivating learning atmosphere. I also liked the included recording of a live discussion of Prof. Clarke with his students which makes the whole course more varied. I definitely recommend this course to all to learn more about copyright law.
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شكرا لكم على هذه الدورة التعليمية الرائعة لقد استفدت كثيرا منها وحصلت على كثير من تساؤلاتي حول حقوق النشر والنسخ والتقليد وكيف يتاح للبعض ويمنع الآخر وفهمت الآلية المتبعة في ذلك .
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NAMHA DHAWANI would rate this course highly for its thorough coverage of complex copyright and patent topics, practical examples, and emphasis on global perspectives. However, adding more interactive case studies and real-world application exercises could enhance understanding and engagement. -
This is a very informative course, especially for beginners interested in copyright matters. I enjoyed watching different cases and getting to know relevant laws and regulations in different jurisdictions.
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One of the best courses that I have taken in Coursera so far. Professor Clark is awesome. Gives a very nice introduction into the world of copyrights.
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The Course is very informative and useful to know how copyright plays an important role in protecting business innovations. Especially it will help IP Law students to gain more knowledge about Copyright and its usage in business innovation.
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It was very helpful as the videos very just right to understand and it was not too long too… I was able to understand it in a very good way.. teaching was in an appropriate manner …
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The Course is very informative and useful to know how copyright plays an important role in protecting business innovations. Especially it will help IP Law students to gain more knowledge about Copyright and its usage in business innovation.
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This is a very useful course. Thank Professor Clark making this difficult subject in a systematic way understand and apply. Though there are still a lot of exceptions I suppose. I will take the other three courses as well and I am sure these concepts will lead me to a thoughtful mind of handling every new business.
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This is a great course for anyone who is interested in gaining more knowledge about Copyrights or Intellectual property in general.
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This course is very good, it make me understand the relevant knowledge of U.S. copyright.By the way, the course teacher I think is very interesting and nice.
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The course is excellent. It gives a wide understanding of copyrights - both in theory and in practice, including many exceptions in copyrights. The most important aspects are the differences between particular countries – including how different copyrights are in China.
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The course contents are very useful. Prof Clark used many interesting examples to explain those important points about copyright and its limitations. The summary and quiz after each video class are useful to strengthen those critical points of copyright.
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Farheen HawaldarThis course gives you awareness about protecting the copyrights. Also provides you with good knowledge about various copyrights, parodies and derivative work. Helps you deal with real world examples or IPR. Also help your business to be secured. -
This course broaden my view on copyright. Particularly on the parody, fair use and translation. I have a British friend who wrote a book on TRIZ and on one conference she mentioned to me that some Chinese have translated her book and she did not know what to do. Through this course I realize that translation is a transformative work in China and it's legal to do that without permission from original author. The best way to solve the problem is to have someone translate the original work into Chinese and registered that in China. Thus all the puzzle is solved. However, I must say that even that people may do that legally in China, he/she may lose the goodwill of reputation. After all, each man should do things according to his conscience.
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First and foremost the professor is an absolute delight to watch.We seldom come across with professors like that who just captivate your mind and create interest in the topics.It opened a whole new area for me.I for one didnt know.much about IP but after completing the classes on copyright.I think I might pursue career as IPR lawyer.
I come from a small town named Jorhat,l in the state of Assam,India.I wouldnt have known much about IPR but thanks coursera and Theodore Henry Clark.I respect you. -
The course has been beautifully designed. It is a very informative one. The instructor is an excellent teacher and conveys information in the simplest way. The course is loaded with examples and it has good mix of practical and theory assignments. Only suggestion would be make the assignments be graded by the instructor and not the peers. We will be in a position to get better feedback and also get our grades on time. Thank You
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the experience from learning from this course was excellent! Prof. Theodare Henry King Clark made it very easy and simple to understand the concept and provided with alot of examples and case laws. the quiz at the end of each week was challenging enough to test my knowledge. assignments given were also useful to test my knowledge. overall it was a very good experience and got a lot of things to learn. thanks to prof. clark.
