“Let’s Protect Intellectual Property - Learning Guidebook” is designed to complement the Intellectual Property Department’s webpage “ IP Interactive Zone ” . With the objective of providing a teaching material on intellectual property, this booklet helps students understand intellectual property rights through various interactive activities, and stimulates original and creative thinking.

The Target

This booklet is written for students from primary five to junior high school level. Teachers can select suitable content according to the school’s needs and the levels of the students.

How to Use this Booklet?

This teaching kit is designed for learning through students’ active participation and their interactions with teachers. Teachers can photocopy and distribute the “True or False” section to test the students’ understanding of the subject. This section enlivened by pictures describing different situations and characters, precedes a brief explanation of the relevant concept of intellectual property.

Teachers should consider students’ interest and ability in planning the activity and selecting material from the kit. They can photocopy this booklet for instruction and discussion with students.

During the activities, teachers should be open-minded in guiding the students to consider and analyze questions from different angles, including those of copyright owners and copyright work users, with a view to developing in them a correct understanding and attitude towards intellectual property as well as a love for creative and original thinking.

This booklet is also available on the webpage of “IP Interactive Zone” (http://www.ip-kids.gov.hk). Teachers are welcome to copy and distribute pages to their students for educational purposes.

Download Let’s Protect Intellectual Property - Learning Guidebook

PDF format, 2.6MB, 18Pages.

Intellectual Property Department
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
September 2003
© Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government 2003
Reprinted in October 2007

CONTENTS:
How to Use this Booklet? 1
True or False 2
What is Intellectual Property? 3
Copyright Lesson 1 : What is Copyright? Who are the Copyright Owners? 4
Copyright Lesson 2 : The Exclusive Rights of the Copyright Owners 5
Copyright Lesson 3 : Copyright Protection Period 6
Copyright Lesson 4 : Photocopying in School 7
Copyright Lesson 5 : Computers and Software 8
Copyright Lesson 6 : Copyright in Works Created by Teachers and Students 9
Workshop 1 10
What is a Trademark? 11
Workshop 2 12
What is a Patent? 13
Workshop 3 14
What are Registered Designs? 15
Workshop 4 16

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