IPONZ: slogan fail?
Has IPONZ created a new category of registerable IP?
For the record:
- Copyright protects original works, not ideas.
- Trade marks protect origin, not ideas (or content).
- Patents protect novel, non-obvious, documented inventions, not ideas (or configurations).
Despite what the IPONZ homepage implies, there is no way to prevent someone “having your idea”. A patent comes close, but protects the invention – not simply “an idea” as such.
It is certainly a good thing to be able to use intellectual property law to protect the improper taking of your intellectual property, but making sure someone else doesn’t “have the same idea”? Not a good idea.
Credit: good spotting by Jonathan Hunt, HuntDesign
True. Probably deliberate IMHO. You should hear RMS talk about “Intellectual Property” when he’s here soon.
Mel.