BASIC INFORMATION
Work of science - is an object of intellectual property, registered as copyright work according to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
Registration of work of science as a copyright provides protection for results of identifiable embodiment of the idea - it means that creative activity idea should be described/embodied in practical solution.
The protection process includes the international search in the bases of registered objects.
MOST POPULAR OBJECTS:
1. Technologies, methods, business processes, devices, machines.
2. Author's projects, business models.
3. Trainings, IT and info-products.
4. Web-sites, mobile applications.
5. Business algorithms, games, etc.
The innovative level of the work should be proven, and if the object of protection is a business project, this project should be implemented in a specific model (algorithm) with an innovative level.
OBJECTIVES OF LEGAL PROTECTION:
1. Recognition of authorship throughout the world.
2. Prohibition of unfair competition around the world (in all member countries of the Berne Convention).
3. Protection of commercial using of technology, process, methodology.
4. The possibility of capitalization and monetization.
5. Legalization of the use of work of science by the author.
Registration period: depends on rules of Copyright Office
Validity of the copyright certificate:
during the life of author and 50 years after his death.
No need for prolongation.
As an author (creator, developer) could be only private individual (physical person).
Owner (rightsholder): private individual (physical person), legal entity or their combinations
In the case of violations - for example when a violator is using a copyright to sell counterfeit goods or blatantly violating copyright law - courts may issue penalties.
In certain circumstances copyright infringement can amount to a criminal offence as well.
Scope of protection: design, structure, way of working, way of using, method of implementation, technical solutions and devices.