IP Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Canon

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A group of artworks that represent a particular genre, style or artistic movement. The collected works of William Shakespeare, for instance, would be part of the canon of western literature, since his writing and writing style has had a significant impact on nearly all aspects of that genre.

Word of the Day: Shape Mark

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A shape mark consists of, or extends to, a three-dimensional shape. It can include containers, packaging, the product itself or its appearance.

Word of teh Day: Digital Single Market

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The concept behind the Digital Single Market is to ensure better access for consumers and business to online goods and services across Europe.

Word of the Day: EUIPO

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The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), founded in 1994, is the European Union Agency responsible for the registration of the European Union trade mark (EUTM) and the Registered community design (RCD), two unitary intellectual property rights valid across the EU member states. 

Word of the Day: Parkour

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The word parkour derives from parcours du combattant (obstacle course). With roots in military obstacle course training and martial arts, parkour includes running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, plyometrics, rolling, and quadrupedal movement—whatever is suitable for the situation.

Word of the Day: WIPO

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The World Intellectual Property Organization is an international organization promoting the protection of the intellectual property worldwide.

Word of the Day: Creative Economy

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The creative industries refer to a range of economic activities which are concerned with the generation or exploitation of knowledge and information. They may variously also be referred to as the „cultural industries“ (especially in Europe) or the „creative economy“ (Howkins), and most recently they have been denominated as the „Orange Economy“ in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Howkins' creative economy comprises advertising, architecture, art, crafts, design, fashion, film, music, performing arts, publishing, R&D, software, toys and games, TV and radio, and video games.

Word of the Day: Editions

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Many works, especially photography are produced in editions, marked on the work as being 3 of 9 for example. Well known artists such as John Olsen will produce many editions of their most famous paintings, called prints. Just keep in mind of course that buying a work that’s marked 1 of 5 is going to be more valuable than 6 of 112.

Word of the Day: Grand Copyright

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Does Andrew Lloyd Weber get a royalty when the musical and opera theatres perform The Phantom of the Opera? You bet! Most musical composers enjoy the so-called “grand copyright” for each performance of their works. In the case of Weber that is extremely profitable because not only “The Phantom” but also Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita have been performed for decades worldwide.

Word of the Day: Licence

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А licence is a legal agreement that grants the right for the use of а copyright to another party, under certain conditions.