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Key intellectual property rights every influencer should know about

What you will learn

Who are social media influencers?

What types of social media influencers exist?

Why do Influencers need to understand intellectual property?

What types of intellectual property rights can belong to influencers?

How can influencers protect and do business with their copyrights?

Copyrighted works uploaded on social media channels – terms and conditions.

What influencers should know when using someone elseโ€™s copyrightable work?

How can influencers protect trademarks – types, registration process, terms, costs, licensing etc?

What should influencers know when dealing with someone elseโ€™s trademarks?

How can influencers protect internet domain names – domain types, registration options, terms, costs etc?

How can influencers protect industrial designs – benefits, requirements, registration options, terms, costs etc?

What is the relation between trade secrets and social media influencers’ business?

What are publicity rights and how can influencers take advantage of them?

Description

Welcome to the course Intellectual property rights for social media influencers.

In this course, you will learn why social media influencers should pay attention to intellectual property rights when developing their business and how to benefit from these specific legal rights.

Nowadays social media influence is a business for more than 10 billion dollars. Many companies start to include it in their marketing strategies as a way to reach consumers in a more effective way.

In light of this influencers become a really valuable marketing option being able to form and direct consumers’ behavior.


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Social media influencers generate value with their work, value that has to be managed properly in order to become a sustainable business model.

One of the ways this value can be managed is by using the different intellectual property rights.

By the end of this course you will learn:

  • What types of social media influencers exist?
  • Why do Influencers need to understand intellectual property?
  • What intellectual property rights can belong to influencers?
  • What copyrights belong to influencers and how can they be managed?
  • What are the copyright rules of social media platforms for every uploaded content?
  • What influencers can protect as trademarks?
  • How can influencers protect internet domain names and what they need to bear in mind?
  • How design rights can be beneficial for influencers?
  • What role do trade secrets play for influencers?
  • How publicity rights can help influencers?

This course will give you knowledge of how one social media influencer can organize and manage his or her intellectual property rights building a strong and sustainable business project.

English
language

Content

Section 1 – Introduction

Introduction – Why do Influencers need to understand intellectual property right

Section 2 – Social media influencers and intellectual property rights

What is social media influence?
Why is social media influence important?
What is a social media influencer?
Types of influencers
Why do Influencers need to understand intellectual property?
What intellectual property rights can belong to influencers?

Section 3 – Social media influencers and copyright rights

Section introduction
What is copyright?
Who can be a copyright owner?-
What copyright works can influencers own?
What cannot be a copyright subject matter?
Rights granted under copyright law
Duration of copyright
How can influencers protect their copyrightable works?
How can influencers do business with their copyrights?
Copyrights over works uploaded on social media channels – YouTube
Copyrights over works uploaded on Instagram
Copyrights over works uploaded on TikTok
What should influencers know when using someone elseโ€™s copyrightable works?
Photographs
Videos
Texts, scripts etc.
What is Fair Use of copyright protected works?

Section 4 – Social media influencers and trademarks

Why are trademarks important for influencers?
What is a trademark?-
Trademark distinctiveness and goods and services relationship
What types of trademarks exist?
What can be protected as a trademark by social media influencers?
Specify the goods or services the trademark will be valid for
Trade dress
How can influencers register a trademark and what are the costs?
How can influencers do business with their trademarks?
What should influencers know when dealing with someone elseโ€™s trademarks

Section 5 – Social media influencers and internet domain names

What an internet domain name is and why domain names are important
What types of domains exist?
How can influencers register a domain name and what is the cost?
Links between trademarks and domain name protection

Section 6 – Social media influencers and industrial designs

Why are industrial designs important for influencers?
What is an industrial design and what can be protected?
Requirements for design protection
How can influencers register an industrial design?
How much an industrial design registration can cost? Term of protection

Section 7 – Social media influencers and trade secrets

What are trade secrets?
Why can trade secrets be important for influencers?
How to protect trade secrets?
What influencers should know when dealing with someone elseโ€™s trade secrets?

Section 8 – Social media influencers and right of publicity

What is the right of publicity?
How can the right of publicity help influencers?

Section 9 – Conclusion

Conclusion
A bonus lecture