piracy of design
1Design Piracy Prohibition Act — The Design Piracy Prohibition Act, H.R. 2033, S. 1957, and H.R. 2196, were bills of the same name introduced in the United States Congress that would have amended Title 17 of the United States Code to provide sui generis protection to fashion… …
2Brand Piracy — When a product is named similarly to a well known brand so that consumers may mistake it for the actual brand name. Brand piracy is common among products that can easily be replicated. The copies often have logos that resemble the design of the… …
3Open design — RepRap general purpose 3D printer that not only could be used to make structures and functional components for open design projects but is an open source project itself. RepRap is also being designed with the ability to make copies of itself …
4Counterfeiting, copyists, and piracy — Copying another designer s work dates as far back as the Middle Ages, when styles created for the royals and other nobles were frequently reinterpreted by other designers, usually with less expensive materials. The feudal society of the Middle… …
5Jerome H. Lemelson — Jerome Jerry Hal Lemelson (July 18, 1923 Staten Island, New York October 1, 1997) was a prolific American engineer, inventor, and patent holder. Inventions in the fields in which he patented make possible, wholly or in part, innovations like… …
6Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… …
7Pirate decryption — most often refers to the reception of compromised pay TV or pay radio signals without authorization from the original broadcaster. The term pirate in this case is used in the sense of copyright infringement and has little or nothing to do with… …
8Digital rights management — (DRM) is a term for access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to limit the use of digital content and devices. The term is used to describe any technology that inhibits uses …
9Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …
10Galley — For other uses, see Galley (disambiguation). A model of a Maltese design typical of the 16th century, the last great era of the wargalley A galley is a type of ship propelled by rowers that originated in the Mediterranean region and was used for… …
