Legal Assignment 2: Analyzing IP Protection Mechanisms

This legal assignment report delves into the critical realm of intellectual property (IP) protection, examining various mechanisms such as patents, trademarks, and copyrights. The report analyzes how prominent companies, including IBM, Facebook, Samsung, Instagram, and Sony, utilize these mechanisms to safeguard their innovations and brand identities. It explores specific examples of patent applications, copyright protections, and trademark registrations employed by these companies. The assignment also addresses the importance of securing operating systems and product innovations through IP rights. The report emphasizes the significance of protecting intellectual property to maintain a company's reputation and competitive edge in the market. Furthermore, the report highlights the role of IP mechanisms in preventing the unauthorized use of a company's intellectual assets. The assignment is a detailed analysis of IP protection strategies and their practical applications in the corporate world.

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IP protection mechanism
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Table of Contents
Answer to question 1..................................................................................................................2
IBM:.......................................................................................................................................2
Facebook:...............................................................................................................................2
Samsung:................................................................................................................................3
Instagram:...............................................................................................................................3
Sony:.......................................................................................................................................4
Answer to question 2..................................................................................................................4
(a)............................................................................................................................................4
(b)...........................................................................................................................................4
Reference:..................................................................................................................................5

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Answer to question 1
IP mechanisms are playing an important role in the company related matter. These
mechanisms can be classified as copyright, trademark and patent. The reputed companies that
are using these intellectual properties are as follows:
IBM:
IBM is using the intellectual property mechanism to protect their innovations. The patent
right is one of them. At present, the company has almost 7500 patents that are gradually
increasing on year basis. The most protected area of IP mechanism is the Operating System
Migration and Storage Area Network of Migration (Joyce et al. 2017). The company has to
use this patent right; otherwise the terms of the right will come to an end. Legal proceeding
can be taken as against any company that will make any attempt to use the protected
innovations of IBM.
Another mechanism is Copyright that is applied on the name of the company “IBM” so that
any other entity shall not use the similar name. The reason behind it as the name carries out
the identity of the company. Additionally, the logo used by IBM must not be used by any
other company; otherwise a complex situation will be cropped up and the reputation of the
company will be getting affected.
Facebook:
Face book is a reputed social network site and working as the best service provider since
long. All the innovative ideas of Facebook are potential assets of the company and therefore,
they are needed to be protected. Copyright helps Facebook in this case and the company can
take all the possible legal steps in case any other company intends to copy their innovations

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(Litman 2017). Further, Facebook has applied the right to secure their name as the name is
bearing a global identity now.
Facebook brings about innovation in certain sectors such as news feed streams and market
place to sell the staffs to other users. These innovations are the personal credit of the
company and needed to be protected. Patent right does this job.
Samsung:
It is a multipurpose company and most popular product of this company is mobile phones and
tab. The company has been providing lots of innovative ideas to the customers and holds a
good place in the world of mobile technology. At present, the company is obtaining 5000
patent rights per year. One of the best innovations of the company is White Light Emitting
Diode and Liquid Crystal Display. It is required to come under the purview of patent right
(Yang 2016)
On the other hand, the logo and catch line of the company are also needed to be protected
through copy right. The main reason behind the same is to protect the identity of the company
from others.
Instagram:
Instagram is a leading company in the world of social media. This company also provides
certain creative thoughts that are needed to be protected. The business outsource of this
company is growing on daily basis; therefore, possibility of imitation of its products by others
has been cropped up. Therefore, this company has adopted certain process to protect their
innovation by way of IP mechanism.
This company also has its logo as identification mark and that are needed to be protected. The
company has protected that logo by the process of copyright (Xie 2016).

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Sony:
Sony is a multinational conglomerate that are providing service in the field of electronics,
entertainment and gaming. It is the fifth largest TV manufacturer and therefore, it is obvious
to state that the company needs to protect their innovative skills. The company acquires
patent rights for securing their innovative thoughts.
The company also acquires copyright over their name, logo and trademarks to restrict other
copying the same.
Answer to question 2
(a) Companies which have their own operating system must acquire the rights under patent to
secure it. Apart from this, all the inventions are considered as their own credit and the
company needs to protect the ideas so that all the other companies could not copy from that
(Burkart 2015). IBM needs to secure its operating systems from the outsider company so that
they could generate original products. Concurrently, it is important to copyright their name
and trademarks.
(b) Samsung is one of the leading companies in the arena of electronic goods and phones.
The company is famous for new product innovation and invention, therefore, to retain their
reputation, the company needs to protect their product from the outsiders. IP mechanisms are
playing an important role in this case (Knuutinen 2014). It helps to protect their intellectual
properties so that the company can avoid all the future dilemmas.

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Reference:
Burkart, P., 2015. Intellectual property rights. The International Encyclopedia of Digital
Communication and Society.
Joyce, C., Ochoa, T.T., Carroll, M.W., Leaffer, M.A. and Jaszi, P., 2016. Copyright law (p.
85). Carolina Academic Press.
Knuutinen, T., 2014. Intellectual Property Rights.
Litman, J., 2017. Digital Copyright (2017).
Xie, K.Y., 2016. Improving the Patent System by Encouraging Intentional Infringement: The
Beneficial Use Standard of Patents. U. Pa. L. Rev., 165, p.1019.
Yang, L., 2016. The Research of Limited Patent Right——From the Perspective of
Injunction Rejection. Electronics Intellectual Property, 8, p.009.