The story usually begins when someone publishes a content of cultural origin that triggers a reaction from the public, a community, or a group. This happens across multiple areas such as fashion, music, film, and art. Cultural appropriation happens when … Continue reading Cultural appropriation
Social media, as a great content dissemination platform, can be friends or foes of your Intellectual Property. Of course, it all depends on how you handle them. Each social media has its own procedure, here are a few of them: … Continue reading Intellectual Property in social media
The simple answer: you register your Intellectual Property wherever you will use it. First, you identify what type of registration corresponds to your intangible property. Second, identify whether your market or audience will be local, national, regional, or global. 1. … Continue reading Where do I register my Intellectual Property?
Building on my previous post on “Choose Your Trademark,” let us explore more about the descriptive or generic trademark. On the one hand, the descriptive trademark is the one that describes in part or in whole the product or service … Continue reading The obvious trademark
Some trademarks are born strong, and some trademarks are born fragile. It all depends on the sign you choose to identify it. If you choose descriptive or generic terms specific to the product or service you offer, then your trademark … Continue reading Choose your trademark
Intellectual Property is unique in providing various protection mechanisms, either by completely protecting a creation or just parts of it. This is the case of the … Continue reading The title is also protected – Dominican Republic
The effort, time and resources invested for developing a plant variety with improved properties (withstand pests, changes in the ground…), may be protected as a plant … Continue reading Plant variety protection – Dominican Republic
If you make original photos, your work may be protected under copyright law. This protection grants moral and economic rights over the photograph. The original photo … Continue reading Protect your photo – Dominican Republic
A successful business model generating value for its creator, company and even to its economic sector, must be protected and maintained under the ownership of the … Continue reading Keep the ownership of your business model – Dominican Republic
Related rights can be summarized as providing exclusive rights associated to copyright, but different. Who enjoys related rights? Particularly: 1. Performers 2. Producers of phonograms (sound … Continue reading Related Rights – Dominican Republic
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