Different countries have different jurisdictions and laws regarding ownership
Lecture
Legal & IP frameworks:
- How should graphic designers make themselves aware of any naming and copyright issues:
- – check UK IPO (intellectual property office) -> database of registered trademarks
- – copyright: very often about common sense
- – document work (email, phone, written…)
- – have ownership rights written in contract and be aware of publicly seen
- – careful sharing parts of a WIP client project on social media
- – unregistered rights: get it right from the very start; getting contracts right
- – not only law matters but outside influence (Tokyo olympics 2020 logo)
- – social media: global scale -> can’t limit where it goes
- – careful what you sign in contract
- – callout culture
- – knowing how far you can take it
- – don’t ask for too much
Research task
- Research common copyright issues, as well as some of the ethical and legal factors most frequently affecting graphic designers today.
- Choose a designed object and outline the key areas that may infringe copyright or require IP protection when creating an artefact of this kind.
At the moment I’ve only researched the first point and put it up on the ideas wall, which I haven’t used much this term.
Other resources
I started reading a book about pet businesses called “Your Limitless Pet Business: Grow an Easy, Fun, and Wildly Profitable Pet Business” by Karly Edwards. I’ll talk about it at another time, when I’ve finished reading it and I’ve learnt something from it or can use it for my own business idea.
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