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6.5Legal Affairs and Standardization
Learn intellectual property rights (copyright, industrial property rights), security-related regulations (the Unauthorized Computer Access Law, the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, the Act on Regulation of Information Distribution Platforms), labor and trade regulations (the Worker Dispatch Act, the Act on Proper Subcontracting Transactions), compliance, and standardization (ISO/JIS, de jure standards, de facto standards). At level 3 this emphasizes accurate understanding grounded in current (up-to-date) law and institutions.
Legal affairs and standardization rest on three pillars: mechanisms that protect rights (intellectual property), mechanisms that uphold society's rules (various regulations, compliance), and mechanisms that preserve industry interoperability (standardization). Because laws are periodically revised, AP level 3 requires accurate understanding grounded in current official names and institutions—remembering an old name can lead directly to a wrong answer.
6.5.1Intellectual property rights
- Among intellectual property rights, copyright protects creative works such as programs and documents, and arises automatically at the moment of creation (no registration required). Copyright in a program generally belongs to the company if the requirements for a work made for hire (corporate authorship) are met, though this can also be set individually by contract—a practical point worth noting. Industrial property rights is the collective term for patent rights (inventions), utility model rights (devices), design rights (designs), and trademark rights (marks/brands); for all of these, filing and registration with the Patent Office is a requirement for the right to arise. The contrast of "registration required or not" is the most frequently tested point.
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