Week 12: Ethical, Social and Legal Issues

Intellectual Property Rights:
Refers to creations of the mind, original creative works from the creators-software, applications, systems, websites, etc.



Copyrights

• exclusive right given to the owner of copyright for a specific period
• permission must be obtained to use copyrighted material (and pay any required fee)  

Trademarks

• a trade marks is a sign which distinguishes the goods and services of one trader from those of another. 
•  a mark includes words, logos, pictures, names, letters, numbers, or a combination of these. 
• a trade mark is used as marketing tool to enable customers in recognising the product of a particular trader. 

Patents

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• exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new  way of doing something
• offers a new technical solution to a problem

Cyberlaws in Malaysia

Since 1997, some of the cyber laws that have been passed by our Parliament include:

1. the Digital Signature Act 1997,

2. the Computer Crimes Act 1997,

3.  the Copyright (Amendment) Act 1997, (also read Copyright Act 1987)

4. the Telemedicine Act 1997,

5. the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998,

6. the Communications and Multimedia Commission Act 1998, and

7. the Electronic Commerce Act 2006.