Соотнесите определения со словами из рамки. Составьте с этими словами предложения.

1. ___________ is all the valuable writings of a specific time, nation

2. ___________ is a mental conception, a thought or belief

3. ___________ is a document granting exclusive rights over an invention

4. ___________ is art of composing or performing songs and symphonies

5. ___________ is exclusive rights over a book, song, etc.

6. ___________ is object, mark that represents another object, an idea

Закончите предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.

1. To steal someone else's ideas ________.

a) is punished by the law

b) is not punished by the law

c) doesn’t concern the law at all

 

2. When I publish a best- selling book based on someone else’s ideas, _________.

a) I have to pay him some money

b) I have to mention his name in the book

c) I don’t owe him anything

 

3. In order to prevent a new discovery or scientific process from being copied, ______.

a) it is necessary to apply for a patent

b) it is necessary to register copyright

c) it is necessary to mark it with the international copyright symbol ©

 

4. The patent must be carefully worded since ________.

a) somebody can copy any part of the invention mentioned in the patent

b) somebody can copy any part of the invention not mentioned in the patent

c) somebody can copy any part of the invention despite the patent

 

5. Literature, artistic works, computer programs, movies and radio and television broadcasts _________.

a) can be protected by copyright

b) can be protected by patent

c) can not be protected by the law

 

6. Intellectual property can only be protected if __________.

a) it is patented

b) it is registered

c) its ownership is clear

 

7. The main emphasis of intellectual property law _________.

a) is to prevent people from copying

b) is to ensure people pay for coping

c) is to ask permission from the holder of the patent or copyright

 

 

5. Прочитайте статью из «Гражданского кодекса РФ» об интеллектуальной собственности и письменно переведите ее.

Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship include the following categories:

(1) literary works;

(2) musical works, including any accompanying words;

(3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music;

(4) pantomimes and choreographic works;

(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;

(6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works;

(7) sound recordings; and

(8) architectural works.

In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.

Работа в парах. Обсудите дело, которое было передано на судебное рассмотрение. Определите, в пользу какой стороны было вынесено решение. Составьте диалог.

Case.

Several television production companies sued Sony, a manufacturer of home VCRs, charging that VCR consumers were recording their copyrighted works and that Sony was liable because of its marketing of the recorders.