Research++Intellectual+Property+and+Copyright

This page contains information about research methods, Intellectual Property and how it relates to the Internet and The Doctrine of Fair Use for Education (copyright laws specifically for use in education).

Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.

IP is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs. Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs.

The Internet has made violating the Doctrine of Fair Use for Education very simple and students do not always understand that they are breaking the law. I have included a simplified version of the rules governing the use of copyrighted materials (used with permission of the School Board of Broward County) in a multi-media project, links to plagiarism identifying sites and sites that contain copyright free pictures and clip art. You may download and print copies of the Doctrine of Fair Use for Education for your students.



Research forms and links.