5. Прочитайте статью из «Гражданского кодекса рф» об интеллектуальной собственности и письменно переведите ее.

Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship include the following categories:

(1) literary works;

(2) musical works, including any accompanying words;

(3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music;

(4) pantomimes and choreographic works;

(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;

(6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works;

(7) sound recordings; and

(8) architectural works.

In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.

6. Работа в парах. Обсудите дело, которое было передано на судебное рассмотрение. Определите, в пользу какой стороны было вынесено решение. Составьте диалог.

Case.

Several television production companies sued Sony, a manufacturer of home VCRs, charging that VCR consumers were recording their copyrighted works and that Sony was liable because of its marketing of the recorders.

7. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски соответствующими словами из рамки.

TRADEMARKS AND TRADE SECRETS

Another kind of __________ is a trademark. Companies often use a certain name or description to help sell their products, or sometimes ________ which everyone comes to associate with that company, such as the M design of McDonald's or the shell design of Shell Oil. To prevent other businesses from using their trademark, companies often ________ them. Another _______ is to take out an injunction against a company which has tried to pass itself off as your company by using _________ or similar packaging. The London store Harrod's took out a passing-off action against a small business in New Zealand not only because it was also called Harrod's but because its bags looked _______.

The law provides some help for companies that want to keep trade secrets confidential. In some countries, it is _________ to pass information about an employer's production methods, business techniques and customer lists. In others, it is legal for a contract of employment to include restrictions about giving away or using such ______, and the restrictions may continue to apply even after the employee has left the company. Some contracts enable a company to take legal action against an ex-employee who tries to work for _______. English law recognizes the need for businesses to protect themselves from ex-employees who start up a rival business, but it also puts limits upon the extent that the company can restrict others.