1. To be able to understand the principles of a patent and how it is used
To be able to understand the difference between a copyright, trademark and patent
To be able to understand the principles of a patent and how it is used
Copyright
Trademark
Patent
The artists/designers can protect their drawing/artist/music/lyrics based on a countryside copyright laws and given them exclusive rights to it for a period of set time.
This is a recognised symbol/logo of a company with identifies them and the product/service that they provide. It can be used as a legal stamp to prevent counterfeit products using the same logo.
This is used by designers to give them exclusive rights to the manufacture/sale of products which includes a unique/original aspect to a product which has not be used before. It is for a set period and is a legal document.

2. To be able to understand the principles of a patent and how it is used
To be able to understand the difference between a copyright, trademark and patent
To be able to understand the principles of a patent and how it is used
Patents
When a new invention/product is introduced into the market there is a likelihood that others will copy parts or the whole thing
To prevent this from happened patents are used as a legal form of protection
If a inventor/designer can prove that the invention is theirs they can protect it with a patent
This will mean that they have intellectual property rights for the design so no one can copy it without permission for a set period of time
This set period is usually about 20 years and also only holds up in the country that the patent was made in
The application for a patent must contain specific technical details about the products or its parts. This will often include technical drawings such as orthographic and isometrics
The UK patents office have 4 criteria for the submitting an application:
It must be new. It must not have been shown or discussed publicly anywhere prior to the patent application being filed
It must involve an inventive step. The ideas must not be obvious to someone with reasonable prior knowledge of the subject
It must be capable of being industrially made. It must take the physical form of a substance, product or an industrial process
It must not be excluded. An invention is not patentable if it is on the excluded list issued by the Patent Office.

3. To be able to understand the principles of a patent and how it is used
To be able to understand the difference between a copyright, trademark and patent
To be able to understand the principles of a patent and how it is used
Case study
Using various online resources and websites research the following product:
Bagless vacuum cleaner (cyclone technology) designed by James Dyson
Create and case study which talks about the product and the patenting issues around it. Use the questions below to help guide the  
1. When was the initial product invented? 2. What problem or requirement did the product address? 3. What makes the product novel or inventive (materials, manufacturing, function)? 4. What advantages do these products have over earlier similar products?
5. What aspects/part of the product was patented?
6. What was the impact of this patented?
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4. CDFS (Command, Direction, Focus, Score)
To be able to understand the difference between a copyright, trademark and patent
To be able to understand the principles of a patent and how it is used
CDFS (Command, Direction, Focus, Score)
0 7 Using specific product examples describe how and why a designer may use a patent.
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