Social Media in the Workplace From Constitutional to Intellectual Property Rights

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Garon
Author(s):  
Hatem Bugshan

Issues related to intellectual property rights in the Web 2.0 environment are rarely discussed. This chapter investigates the issues surrounding copyright in the digital era, which the market is increasingly using social media. The chapter describes the legal risks confronting people on using content in the digital era and examines the issues in this area. Valuable discussion will be generated for all users of digital content. The chapter investigates copyrights in the digital era through a case study, gathering data through interviews conducted in the UK. Research findings show lack of knowledge and instruction in the use of digital content and information produced through social media is the main reason for emerging conflict in this area. Knowledge about IPRs, and specifically copyrights in e-learning, needs to be provided for people. One of the issues that must be addressed by the use of Web 2.0 to learners is a full explanation of copyright laws. This will prevent content generated in this environment from infringing copyright.


Author(s):  
Kevin T. Merriman ◽  
David M. Knapp ◽  
Meghan E. Ruesch ◽  
Nicole M. Weir

Whether a claim involves “bodily injury” or “property damage” is a threshold issue for coverage under Coverage A of the standard comprehensive general liability (CGL) policy and homeowners policy. Social media-related claims that allege pure emotional distress, without corresponding physical manifestations, or that allege damage to intangible property, such as intellectual property rights, may not fall within the insuring agreements of these policies. Social media claims often allege intentional conduct, if not intentional harm, which raises the threshold issue of whether the claim alleges an “occurrence” such that coverage is triggered. To the extent a social media claim falls within the policies’ insuring agreements, the next issue is whether the policies contain exclusions that might apply. Exclusions for expected or intended injury, employer’s liability, and electronic data may limit coverage for social media claims. Likewise, exclusions in homeowners policies for “bodily injury” or “property damage” arising from a home business, professional services, or physical or mental abuse may apply to common social media claims.


Author(s):  
Kartika Ayu Ardhanariswari ◽  
Ninik Probosari ◽  
Ari Wijayanti

In fact, many Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs/UMKM) are not yet aware of the importance of branding for competitiveness and not aware of the importance of protecting intellectual property rights and more focused on aspects of product sales. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs/UMKM) play an important and strategic role in building the national economy. Seeing the fairly good conditions above, it turns out that the existence of Coffee MSMEs in Wonogiri Regency, Central Java still has several obstacles, namely in branding / promotional media and also protection of Trademark Intellectual Property Rights. Because it is very important for every Coffee MSME to have a strategy and approach that is clear and unique to an identity to be poured into branding through social media or other digital media. To strengthen coffee MSMEs in Wonogiri Regency, one of the important strategies to implement is to provide awareness dissemination of the importance of branding/brands for MSMEs and also assistance in branding through social media as the identity of MSMEs. Branding strategies need to be done in order to build the image and identity of the products produced by MSMEs that are able to influence consumers to have positive perceptions of the products, characters, abilities, appearance and offers that are being promoted. The last most important problem for MSME actors is that there is no awareness of the importance of legal protection regarding Intellectual Property Rights regarding Trademarks, Copyrights, and Industrial Designs. So there is a concern that the product is plagiarized by others or is prosecuted legally because there are products that have the same trademark.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inggrit Fernandes

Batik artwork is one of the treasures of the nation's cultural heritage. Batik artwork is currently experiencing rapid growth. The amount of interest and market demand for this art resulted batik artwork became one of the commodities in the country and abroad. Thus, if the batik artwork is not protected then the future can be assured of a new conflict arises in the realm of intellectual property law. Act No. 28 of 2014 on Copyright has accommodated artwork batik as one of the creations that are protected by law. So that this work of art than as a cultural heritage also have economic value for its creator. Then how the legal protection of the batik artwork yaang not registered? Does this also can be protected? While in the registration of intellectual property rights is a necessity so that it has the force of law to the work produced


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