Question

Bill is selling his software product under the name Social Accounts. Bill also wrote a book on the optimal file structures for web sites. The book is titled, "How to Optimize Computational Efficiency of Social Networking." What forms of intellectual property protection should Bill obtain to maximize his intellectual property rights in his various creations? Describe the rights and benefits derived from each form of intellectual property protection he should obtain.

Answer 1

Answer: Patent and copyright for the software product and copyright for book

Explanation:

A patent grants property rights on an invention such as software products, allowing the patent holder to exclude others from making, selling, or using the invention. Copyright are also used to protect the written code of a software program.

Copyrights protect original works of authorship, such as literary works, music, dramatic works, pantomimes and choreographic works, sculptural, pictorial, and graphic works, sound recordings, artistic works, architectural works, and computer software. With copyright protection, the holder has the exclusive rights to modify, distribute, perform, create, display, and copy the work.