Template talk:Intellectual property

message: Should be, I think, to provide a list of general (top-level) topics that an interested newcomer can explore. We really have to resist the temptation to put tons of links in this thing, or it won't be useful to people.Bryan 21:53, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Purpose of the template

message: What about adding domain name to the template? Are domain names widely considered as a form of intellectual property?--Edcolins 21:07, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm taking domain name of the template. Domain names are not intellectual property. They are merely aliases for IP addresses. Would you rather type in http://208.80.152.2 instead of http://en.wikipedia.org? I doubt anyone would have claim that an IP address is intellectual property any more than a phone number is.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.47.22.186 (talk) 13:24, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Domain name 

message: I would have expected the first category to be "Copyright ... and Related Rights" with Moral Rights being a subcategory (together with Performers Rights and, perhaps, Database Rights).
I'm reluctant to make such a change without consultation though as it may be too Euro-centric. Any feelings? Tim B 12:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Moral Rights really a separate category? 

message: Should this be described as either Layout Designs or Semiconductor Topographies? These seem more international terms - I've never heard of the term Mask Work being applied to any right other than the strictly US national one. Tim B 12:46, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mask Work 

message: I removed "fair use" from the template on the same grounds as doctrine of equivalents etc. It's a sub-concept of copyright and specific to the US (though of course roughly equivalent concepts occur in many other jurisdictions). Looking at the discussions below about the problems of keeping boxes generic vs having to include several different boxes, is it possible to create an IP template which has only the very high level concepts (patents, copyright) always displayed, but opens up sub-menus when in a topic with a relevant Category tag? Tim B 11:40, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Fair Use]] - Levels of detail 

message: I feel that this is developing into a primary intellectual property right. Any thoughts? bd2412 T 03:10, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Right of publicity]] 

message: I have updated the colour and style, the template style is quite old and the pic was not appropriate, it is the scale of justice, not IP related (necessarily).--SasiSasi (talk) 21:20, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colour and style update 

message: In my opinion, industrial design rights are more like patents (generally requiring registration, and expiring after 20 years) than like copyrights (automatic and effectively perpetual). The United States even calls them "design patents". So why did  move them to the copyright family? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 23:20, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your question. I did so because, in my opinion, the classification in the template does not relate to how to register an intellectual property right and the length/term of legal protection (these aspects are highly dependent on the national jurisdiction and can even change in time as far as a particular jurisdiction is concerned), but to the substance of the right (what can be protected). Patents and utility models protect technical inventions generally characterized by an improved function or effect (technical solution to a technical problem). Industrial design rights protect the design (artistic appearance), not the technical function, and industrial design rights are therefore in their substance closer to copyright than to patents, in my opinion. --Edcolins (talk) 23:06, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: So in other words, industrial design rights are a copyright-like exclusive right granted by the patent office. This suggests to me that it's more of a sui generis right, like exclusive rights in IC masks, than one of the Big Three. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 19:44, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right, thanks. See "Design right is a sui generis intellectual property right in British law."  I have just moved the link. --Edcolins (talk) 20:06, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Classification of industrial design right 

message: An editor appears to be pushing a POV both here () and in  (); as well as in at least one article in which the template is transcluded (, ).  I've opened a discussion at Template talk:Capitalism#Intellectual property; interested editors are invited to join that discussion. TJRC (talk) 19:24, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV edits, here and at template:Capitalism 

message: Please add Industrial espionage to this navbox as it relates to this subject. Thank you.
69.125.116.243 (talk) 08:12, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. JustBerry (talk) 00:21, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 7 September 2015 

message: Traditional safety valves was added to this template back in 2012. As I've mentioned over on Talk:Traditional safety valves, I think the page should be blanked and redirected to Limitations and exceptions to copyright. If there's no objection to that, I'd also suggest removing it from this template. PacificWonderland (talk) 00:00, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Traditional safety valves

message: 115.87.236.177 (talk) 14:10, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — Iambic Pentameter (talk / contribs) 14:25, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 12 February 2017 

message: Italic text 2001:4898:80E8:3:11D9:E9A5:7C7C:7A7B (talk) 08:31, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Melmann 11:25, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 5 October 2019Seattle 

message: 0869004833px|thumb|tp.rach gia
 171.236.76.82 (talk) 08:39, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: Nonexistent image. Please use Wikipedia:Files for upload to get the image uploaded (if possible) and, if the Image has been uploaded after that, make a new request. Victor Schmidt (talk) 08:42, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 25 August 2020