Study Material: Academic Integrity in a Digital Age
Course Code: ODF001
Course Name: Academic Digital Fluency
Module Number: 4
Module Name: Academic Integrity in the Digital Age
Module Developers: Cosman Mnyanyi and Fatma Ubwa
TOPIC 2: Intellectual Property
2.4 IP and the Use of ICT
ICT will play a very important role in today’s life and the use computer technology and the internet have been widely contributed to the advancement and simplification of transfer of information from one point to another. We have seen the massive usage of internet services from which several works are displayed and published. Different products and services are communicated through the internet. For instance, buying a license for a certain computer program become compulsory and hence brings in an important and essential component of IP protection in Information Technology Transfer (ITT).
The growth of information and Communication technology has made the protection of IP far more challenging. There has been an increased IP infringement and false advertisement by competitors through web pages; hence businesses turn to the courts to protect their valuable brands and assets. As technology continues to broaden, businesses need to find better ways to protect the materials.