IP rights

Definition: Intellectual property rights are like any other property right. They allow creators, or owners, of patents, trademarks or copyrighted works to benefit from their own work or investment in a creation. (WIPO: World…

This is the 4th article in a series giving a practical overview of intellectual property rights, targeted towards normal people like you. This one talks about the GPL (The GNU General Public License) and other such"open source"…

This is the third article in my series of practical, simplified overviews about intellectual property rights. The first article, which talked about the differences between copyrights, patents, trademarks and trade secrets is required…