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Awareness
YIP educates creators and consumers of intellectual property. YIP fosters intellectual property information literacy on copyright and fair use, plagiarism, trademarks, patents, and more. YIP and its partners provide wide-ranging intellectual property awareness resources to support students, educators, and community (everyone from inventors to musicians).
What is YIP?
YIP is an acronym for Your Intellectual Property. YIP is a companion site for Intellectual Property and Information Rights for Librarians. YIP helps you to understand "creations of the mind: inventions; literary and artistic works; and symbols, images, names and logos used in commerce."* YIP assists those in need of information about inte
YIP is an acronym for Your Intellectual Property. YIP is a companion site for Intellectual Property and Information Rights for Librarians. YIP helps you to understand "creations of the mind: inventions; literary and artistic works; and symbols, images, names and logos used in commerce."* YIP assists those in need of information about intellectual property (IP) to cultivate their research, creativity, and innovation. YIP helps you to obtain information and resources to better understand copyrights, trademarks, patents, scholarly publishing, and more. This site supports librarians, educators, and their customers (everyone from inventors to musicians) with awareness of intellectual property.
*U.S. Department of Commerce: International Trade Administration, intellectual property definition, https://www.trade.gov/protect-intellectual-property#:~:text=Intellectual%20property%20(IP)%20refers%20to,business%20assets%20include%20IP%20rights.
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Need to know more about patents or trademarks for your business? Confused about copyright and fair use? Learn more by emailing YIP. Live training sessions are available for educators, musicians, as well as inventor and entrepreneur community groups.
is it yours, mine, or ours?
Learn more about intellectual properties via live sessions.
Learn more about intellectual properties via live sessions.
Students, educators, nonprofit professionals...
Inventors, entreprenuers, business professionals...
Learn more about intellectual properties via live sessions.
Inventors, entreprenuers, business professionals...
Inventors, entreprenuers, business professionals...
Inventors, entreprenuers, business professionals...
Creative artists, authors, musicians...
Inventors, entreprenuers, business professionals...
Inventors, entreprenuers, business professionals...
Intellectual Property and information rights for librarians
Librarian Publishes Intellectual Property Textbook
John Schlipp, Intellectual Property Librarian, has written a book entitled Intellectual Property and Information Rights for Librarians. Posted number three on the "Literature Listing" awareness guide of new books reported by World Patent Information, this textbook supports students and novice information users to become intellectual property (IP) literate and aware of the vast range of IP issues. It covers copyright and fair use, patents, trademarks, scholarly communications, and legal and ethical information policies for academic, public, school, and special libraries. This resource provides real-world scenarios and best practices. It presents the important topics of patents, trademarks, and copyrights in relation to intellectual property creators and consumers. Although focused primarily through the lens of libraries, museums, and archives, this resource is helpful for students of entrepreneurship, electronic media & broadcasting, and fashion & sports business.
Purchase John's book about intellectual property from the publisher Libraries Unlimited or get it fast from Amazon today. It's available in both traditional book format or as an eBook. Also, see John's regional history articles in the Northern Kentucky Tribune.
