Intellectual Property Rights

Definition:
Intellectual property rights enable owners to select who may access and use their property, and to protect it from unauthorized use; the major legal mechanisms for protecting intellectual property rights are copyrights, patents, and trademarks.

Joint Authors

Definition:
The collaborating creators of a single copyrightable work who merge their separate contributions to the work. Joint authorship implies joint ownership of copyright in the work created.

Moral Rights

Definition:
Moral rights generally fall into categories: the right of an author to receive credit as the author of a work, to prevent others from falsely being named author, and to prevent use of the author's name in connection with works the author did not create.

First Sale Doctrine

Definition:
An exception to the exclusive right of a copyright owner to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work. Under this principle, the copyright owner has the right to sell a copy of a book but not the right to control subsequent sales of that copy.

Publisher Statement

Definition:
Text printed in each issue of a serial providing information such as the publication name, owner, staff, and frequency. This is generally found within the first few pages of text.

First-To-File

Definition:
The first person/entity to file an application for a patent receives the patent no matter who was the first to invent the invention.

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