unit 35 p6

What they are? How they relate to making graphics


Copy right –this is a copy right symbol ‘’ © ‘’.


· If the work is created in the course of a person's employment, then the copyright holder is usually only the employer.


· There is no need for registration or to claim copyright in some way, protection is automatic at the point of creation


· This is a property right which can be transferred or sold to another business or a company.


· The University also holds a number of licences, e.g. CLA, NLA, ERA, which permit copyright works to be copied and used in various ways. Otherwise, written permission must first be obtained from a copyright holder before their work is used or copied.


Copy right relates if you are making some type of logo because you have to make sure that there is no logo which has been created already so the other company or a business can’t take you to court. Copy right is a law which protects files from other people copying it so when you are creating a file on a subject for a certain business you do not allowed to copy them from other company because they are copy right protected.


-this relates when making graphics because you are allowed to but ideas from other businesses however you do not allowed to copy them .When creating something you need it will be protected by copy right which unable other people and businesses to copy you work and this includes all of the businesses.


Trade mark – this is a trade mark symbol ‘’TM’’


· A symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.


· You can use your trade mark as a marketing tool so that customers can recognise your products or services


· They are accepted if distinctive for the goods and services you provide. In other words they can be recognised as a sign that differentiates your goods or service as different from someone else's also They are not resistible if are offensive or are against the law, for example, promoting illegal drugs or if they are deceptive. There should be nothing in the mark which would lead the public to think that your goods and services have a quality which they do not.


-when you have a product in graphics you can have a trade mark .It is for other people to recognise your business.


Intellectual property - Intellectual property is the area of law that deals with protecting the rights of those who create original works. It covers everything from original plays and novels to inventions and company identification marks. The purpose of intellectual property laws is to encourage new technologies, artistic expressions and inventions while promoting economic growth.


It is to protect the other peoples work from been coped and gives them a chance to work on it.


The company which is making their own graphics design needs to hire special people to take their own photographs, and pay them for that because they are not allowed to download other people’s photographs of the internet to do or to work from them.