Copyright protection extends to a description, explanation, or illustration of an idea or system, assuming that the requirements of copyright law are met. Copyright in such a case protects the particular literary or pictorial expression chosen by the author. But it gives the copyright owner no exclusive rights concerning the idea, method or system involved. CIT : US Copyright OfficeArchived 2019-01-28 at the Wayback Machine, circular 31 reviewed: 01 ⁄ 2012 P
copyright.org.au
(…) there is likely to be an infringement of copyright if the way the information is expressed in the copyrighted work used without the permission of the copyright owner and no exception to infringement applies to the use. This can sometimes occur even if the precise expression is not directly reproduced, but important elements of the work, such as the structure and arrangement of the information, are copied. – CIT : Australian Copyright CouncilArchived 2018-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, ACN 001 228 780, 2017
copyrightservice.co.uk
In the case of copyright law, it is the work that realizes the idea that is protected (i.e. a document), and it is the act of recording that work that fixes copyright in the item itself. – CIT : The UK Copyright ServiceArchived 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, Issued: 17th May 2007, Last amended: 17th May 2007
Intellectual property consists of products, work or processes that you have created and which give you a competitive advantage. There are 3 subcategories: Industrial property : inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, new varieties of plants and geographic indications of origin Artistic work protected by copyright: original literary and artistic works, music, television broadcasting, software, databases, architectural designs, advertising creations and multimedia Commercial strategies : trade secrets, know-how, confidentiality agreements, or rapid production. – CIT : Intellectual property rightsArchived 2018-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, European UnionArchived 2020-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, Updated 22/01/2018
Copyright protection extends to a description, explanation, or illustration of an idea or system, assuming that the requirements of copyright law are met. Copyright in such a case protects the particular literary or pictorial expression chosen by the author. But it gives the copyright owner no exclusive rights concerning the idea, method or system involved. CIT : US Copyright OfficeArchived 2019-01-28 at the Wayback Machine, circular 31 reviewed: 01 ⁄ 2012 P
In the case of copyright law, it is the work that realizes the idea that is protected (i.e. a document), and it is the act of recording that work that fixes copyright in the item itself. – CIT : The UK Copyright ServiceArchived 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, Issued: 17th May 2007, Last amended: 17th May 2007
(…) there is likely to be an infringement of copyright if the way the information is expressed in the copyrighted work used without the permission of the copyright owner and no exception to infringement applies to the use. This can sometimes occur even if the precise expression is not directly reproduced, but important elements of the work, such as the structure and arrangement of the information, are copied. – CIT : Australian Copyright CouncilArchived 2018-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, ACN 001 228 780, 2017
Intellectual property consists of products, work or processes that you have created and which give you a competitive advantage. There are 3 subcategories: Industrial property : inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, new varieties of plants and geographic indications of origin Artistic work protected by copyright: original literary and artistic works, music, television broadcasting, software, databases, architectural designs, advertising creations and multimedia Commercial strategies : trade secrets, know-how, confidentiality agreements, or rapid production. – CIT : Intellectual property rightsArchived 2018-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, European UnionArchived 2020-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, Updated 22/01/2018
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Idea". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 280–281.