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The center address intellectual property crimes ranging from counterfeit pharmaceuticals, [7] to illegally copied movies, TV, and music, to counterfeit machinery and other merchandise procured by the federal government, [8] to counterfeit federal uniforms, badges, and other insignia, to consumer goods, to postal fraud.
The WIPO treaty and several related international agreements underline that the protection of intellectual property rights is essential to maintaining economic growth. The WIPO Intellectual Property Handbook gives two reasons for intellectual property laws: "One is to give statutory expression to the moral and economic rights of creators in ...
Video games in the form of computer programs, embodied in lawfully acquired physical or downloaded formats, and operated on a general-purpose computer, where circumvention is undertaken solely for the purpose of allowing an individual with a physical disability to use software or hardware input methods other than a standard keyboard or mouse.
MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc. 991 F.2d 511: 9th Cir. 1993 RAM ("working memory") copies of computer programs are governed by copyright. Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. 35 F.3d 1435: 9th Cir. 1994 Certain components of computer programs' graphical user interfaces are not copyrightable. Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. 510 U ...
Digital devices make it convenient for consumers to convert media originally in a physical, analog or broadcast form into a digital form for portability or later use. Combined with the Internet and file-sharing tools, made unauthorized distribution of copyrighted content ( digital piracy ) much easier.
The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second biggest UN centre, after the United Nations headquarters (New York City).. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; French: Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN).
The Center for Accessible Technology, formerly the Disabled Children's Computer Group (DCCG), was started in 1983 [1] in El Cerrito, California, by several parents, educators, and assistive technology developers who felt that the new computer technology could assist children and adults with disabilities to speak, write, read, learn, and participate in a larger world.
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