The Final Paper corresponds to PULs 3 [Integration and Application of Knowledge], 1A [Written, Oral and Visual Skills], and 1C [Information Resources Skills].
1. Please consider the following areas within intellectual property law that we have covered in the course:
a.) Copyright
b.) Trade Secret
c.) Patent
d.) Trademark
2. Please write a thorough, well-organized and well-reasoned paper that discusses:
a.) The benefits and advantages of each of these four types of intellectual property law.
b.) The limitations and disadvantages of each of these four types of intellectual property law.
c.)The steps are required to provide extra legal protection under each of these four types of intellectual property law.
d.) Some potential pitfalls for the informatics and new media professionals and paralegals and their clients if they are not knowledgeable about these four areas of intellectual property law.
e.) How contracts, agreements and licenses apply in each of these four areas of intellectual property law, along with some of the requirements, considerations, advantages and disadvantages of contracts, agreements and licenses when used to protect intellectual property rights.
f.) The ways in which these four areas of intellectual property law overlap and where there are still weaknesses and gaps, particularly related to new technology.
g.) What directions do you see the four areas of intellectual property law moving in the future and why.
