Copyright, Patent And Trademarks In Your Nation

[The City Of Aurora]

In the immense sprawling global economic system which is the NSverse, where Chrysler's and Rolex's are being produced en masse by numerous companies in a multitude of nations it begs the question "How does your nation, or the companies of your realm, protect their intellectual property?"

In Aurora, centuries of free trade and limited government interference have bred a shrewd and protective business culture which has encouraged various inventors to guard the secrets of their trade closely. In a world such as this a piece of paper means little if someone can flee over the border and take your secrets with it, instead, Auroran tradesman either guard their methods or, if the final product itself can be reversed engineered, built to have it's internal mechanisms wrecked when opened. Thankfully however most Auroran businesses do not require such precautions owing to ship building being our heaviest industry.

But what of your realms?

[Barrasso]

tag dont ask why im to lazy to typ alot of stuff right now

[Conscentia]

In the immense sprawling global economic system which is the NSverse, where Chrysler's and Rolex's are being produced en masse by numerous companies in a multitude of nations it begs the question "How does your nation, or the companies of your realm, protect their intellectual property?"

In Aurora, centuries of free trade and limited government interference have bred a shrewd and protective business culture which has encouraged various inventors to guard the secrets of their trade closely. In a world such as this a piece of paper means little if someone can flee over the border and take your secrets with it, instead, Auroran tradesman either guard their methods or, if the final product itself can be reversed engineered, built to have it's internal mechanisms wrecked when opened. Thankfully however most Auroran businesses do not require such precautions owing to ship building being our heaviest industry.

But what of your realms?

We have abolished patent, copyright and trademark. Instead we have Certification of Authorship.
The only protection a Certification of Authorship gets you is it prevents people taking credit away from you for your idea/invention by proving that you are the author of a particular article of intellectual property.

Copyright, Trademark and Patent laws merely hold back humanity and help people establish monopolies.

[Chillout FM]

There are no copyrights and trademarks. However there are patents, but they only are ment for prestige ments

[The City Of Aurora]

And how do your nations, or others for that matter, address the issues of foreign companies simply taking the ideas or plans in question and using them for themselves?

[Astholm]

Our laws are a bit complex. But the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1989, revised 2003, explains it all.

[New Lusitaniagrad]

They visit their local Federal Patent Office. All patents are backed by the Authroity of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Ulric VII.

[Imeriata]

They ask the royal merchant guild to protect what they have created and if they do manages to have their product protected by the royal merchant guild so are members of the guild banned to create something too similar.

[Neo Athena]

An inventor goes down to his or her local patent office (every city and town has at least two) and deposits the details of their invention. Depending on the time of day there may be a small line-up. The patent is then cross-referenced against existing patents to make sure that it is original. If it is, then the patentee can choose a time period between 6 months and 20 years for copyright to be effective, during which time no one may create the invention without the inventor's permission, and the patent holder is entitled to a minimum 20% of total profits. Patents are non-renewable.

If a patent is applied for that is very similar to another one filed within the previous fortenight, an investigation is conducted to determine beyond any reasonable doubt that the first patent is orginal and not stolen from someone else. If the first patentee is guilty of plagarism, then his or her patent is overturned and they may face additional legal penalties.

[Karmaimps]

There are no Laws regarding copyrights or trademarks nor patents.Technology and secrets are closely guarded by the Noble Families(They act as if they where corporations) Inventors and researchers are paid handsomely and are often fought over by competing corporations.This has the Families consistently creating new technology and improving the quality of life.Karmaimps believes that no one owns an Idea.

[Thurask]

Copyrights, trademarks and patents are held by the State, although the creators have the right to be credited and receive monetary compensation when it comes to reproduction and such.

[NKL-CAF]

There are no such things, as a result our laws are getting simpler and simpler. Everything belongs to everybody.

[Seperate Vermont]

All individuals and institutions have the right to intellectual property and the protection of their work with licenses as they see fit, to protect innovation. Any copyright violations are not actively enforced by the Vermontian government, rather, it is up to the individuals or the institution to raise the case or investigate the matter via a civil suit.

Patents and other intellectual property rights exist to secure innovation from all parties. For instance, Scientific patents allow for reasonable innovation from other scientific institutions, while protecting the commercial patent of the initial institution. Also, the standard with which the patent will be used for innovation is factored in to the application for a patent, as to ensure that the reserve goes to the institution or individual that will actively innovate and can show it in their application.

[Cenetra]

We have copyrights and patents, both of which last for 20 years. In both cases, actions are typically only considered infringement if used for commercial purposes. The copyright laws in Cenetra are most similar to a CC-BY-SA Creative Commons license. There are certainly no travesties like media companies getting parodies of their work taken off the internet.

[Dagnia]

Patents and copyrights can be held on most any man-made, non-biological entity. They never expire, but can be passed into the public domain by the owner. They can be inherited or sold. The owner may license them in any way s/he wishes. Though most of our laws depend on prefecture or other lower-level locality, patent and copyright laws are national.

[Costa Fiero]

Whilst there are no actual laws preventing breaches of copyright, the government actively encouraged businesses to persue their own policies regarding intellectual property, copyright etc. Government funding for court cases which involve breaches of intellectual property rights and policies is available for those companies who need assistance.

[Xanthal]

Generally, the Federation only protects international patents and copyrights to the extent required by WA law and whatever treaties it's signed with individual countries. It does have a substantial body of law to protect its own inventors and artists, but it doesn't prioritize enforcing those protections overseas much more than it enforces overseas claims domestically. Some States- especially Trasnia and Saeroun Kogu- implement stricter protections.

Federal law is much kinder to international trademarks, as brand hijacking and the potentially harmful confusion that can arise due to counterfeiting can be a serious problem domestically as well as for the company abroad.

[Bruttonia]

Intellectual property is fully protected and respected by the government of Bruttonia. Piracy is banned and actively suppressed with their activists being massively arrested in police raids.

[TurtleShroom]

Copyright as it is known in the outside world has been abolished. TurtleShroom has its own system of copyright that is unique and complex, but deemed by researchers to be quite business friendly.

Trademarks and patents are treated as is any other nation, but we only use ^TM and (R) to denote things.

[Central and Eastern Visayas]

Intellectual property is fully protected and respected by the government of Bruttonia. Piracy is banned and actively suppressed with their activists being massively arrested in police raids.

This, too, is CEV policy. Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents, however, stand for no longer than 100 years before passing into the Public Domain. By then, the heirs of the original holder would amass a decent fortune. Or not.

[Voerdeland]

While in theory our law protects all intellectual property, in practice only patent rights are enforced. Piracy is blooming here.

[Victorious Decepticons]

There are a few major ways inventors protect their intellectual property in Victorious Decepticons. Since we have no laws on the matter, these methods tend to be unorthodox and/or violent.

1) Plain old selling from the Official Store. Customers know this is the best way to be sure they're getting a quality product. Decepticons in general, however, are excellent counterfeiters. Therefore, most IP owners soon move on to...

2) Blasting infringers outright. When a prolific counterfeiter is tracked down, he is likely to find himself looking down the barrels of two Standard Decepticon Energy Blasters, which will be attached to the inventor's arms.

3) Blowing up counterfeit-producing factories. Usually, counterfeiters know how to spot an inventor coming to do him in, so he'll hide himself well. Factories, on the other hand, are pretty hard to move in a hurry and are generally easier to find. When an inventor discovers the factory responsible for producing infringing products, he'll usually bomb it into uselessness.

Note re 2 & 3: If the intellectual property owner is a corporation, infringers will end up facing a private militia instead of a single inventor. Battles between companies and established counterfeiting rings can be fierce and result in many casualties.

4) Software writers will usually release tons of virus-laden copies onto all common piracy streams. Especially vindictive programmers will even add viruses that will literally delete anyone that runs them. Since Decepticons who directly run the affected software end up hacked, this is a very strong deterrent against downloading anything besides the official licensed versions. Compounding the risk is the fact that some Decepticon hackers will release their own virus-ridden fake software into piracy streams to hack other Decepticons so they can sell them into hard-labor slavery.

[The Catepanate]

It depends.We don't see anything bad about downloading music,videogames or movie on the internet,as long as they're not sold by the unga katumba immigrants in the streets.

[Nationalist Tantalus]

Under the Authenticity Act of 2576, machinery, consumer goods, and other tangible items are permitted to be patented so as long as their designs do not infringe upon pre-existing patents. One patent provides the holder twenty years of control over the production and sale of his or her products. Once the patent expires, however, the holder's technology is fair game for others to replicate.

Documents, music, and other media, on the other hand, are unable to be copyrighted for convenience reasons. After all, it is in the view of the Jericho Assembly that if one does not want his or her peers to share one's work, he or she should not have openly published it in the first place. Knowledge and the Arts, therefore, cannot be copyrighted on Tantalus.

[The Southron Nation]

Intellectual property rights are infringements on the private property of individuals. No Southron court would ever consider upholding these tyrannical laws.