INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES By Charles F. Carletta, Secretary of the Institute and General Counsel Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 12180 Phone: (518) 276-6212 Fax: (518) 276-3100 Email: Stetson University College of Law National Conference on Law and Higher Education February 2011 Table of Contents I. COPYRIGHTS ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........... 1 A. Basis in Constitution.

principles or discoveries as opposed to a written description or explanation or illustration of the same. Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and containing no original authorship (standard calendars, tape measures, telephone directories, report forms, order forms, tables taken from public documents).

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