Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual Property Law

Case Analysis

Jefferson argued that public domain is where the inherent position of intellectual property is, until and unless the state government mandates its protection. Public domain can be summed as a set of works that do not enjoy protection of intellectual property rights. These rights are employed through ownership, which in this case is not possible, or has either expired, by protection. In principle, public domain works can be exploited freely by anyone regardless of tax payment, with or without profit motive. Conversely, Intellectual Property Rights concerns the protection of inventions, aesthetic creations and distinctive signs to ...