CPE008_Patent, Trademark, Service Mark and Copyright ; Engineering standards and codes

Patent

• The right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention in U.S. or importing the invention into U.S.

• Does not grant the inventor the right to make, use, or sell the invention, it excludes others for doing so.

• New patent is protected for 20 years from the date the patent application is filed.

• Design patent is good for 14 years from the time it was granted.

• Utility patent lasts for either 17 years from the time it was granted or 20 years from the earliest filing date, whichever is longer.

• A utility patent is issued for the way an item works.

• A design patent protects the way an item looks.

Trademark

• A name, word, or symbol that a company uses to distinguish its products from others.

• Excludes others from using the same or similar mark.

• It does not prevent others from making the same or similar products.

Service Mark

• A name, word, or symbol that a company uses to distinguish its services from others.

• Excludes others from using the same or similar mark.

• It does not prevent others from providing the same or similar services.

Copyright

• Protection provided by the laws of the U.S. to the authors of “original works of authorship”.

• Covers literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and other types of intellectual works.

• Covers both published and unpublished work.

• Protects form of expression, not the content or the subject matter.

• After 1/1/1978, copyright laws protect the work for
  ▪ The author’s life plus 70 years
  ▪ the last surviving author’s life plus 70 years in the case of multiple authors

• Currently, no international copyright laws for worldwide protection.

Engineering Standards and Codes

•  Developed over the years by various organizations to ensure product safety and reliability in services, and uniformity in parts and components.
  
  Standards allow for easy way to communicate the size of a product.
  
  

• For example, if we had global standards for shirts and shoes, then the above cross  referenced tables would not be necessary.

Project Scheduling and Task Chart

•  A process that engineering managers use to ensure that a project is completed on time and within the allocated budget.