Computer Programs Are Intellectual Property

question 36

True/False

Computer programs are intellectual property.

Understand challenges affecting HR practices in international contexts, including legal and cultural factors.

Identify strategies for managing reverse culture shock in repatriating employees.

Understand frameworks for international HRM approaches including exportive, adaptive, and integrative.

Recognize the importance of strategic international HR planning in aligning HR practices with global business strategies.

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Definitions:

Exclusive Legal Right

An exclusive legal right is a privilege granted by law to an individual or entity to engage in a particular activity or to use a particular property, which is protected against infringement or unauthorized use by others.

Patent

is a legal right granted to an inventor or assignee, providing exclusive rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years in exchange for public disclosure of the invention.

Pure Monopolist

A market situation where a single seller controls all the supply of a product or service with no close substitutes.

Imperfectly Competitive

Describes market structures that do not meet the conditions of perfect competition, often characterized by the presence of market power held by firms.