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Intellectual property (often abbreviated ‘IP’) is a term that is used to describe a wide range of types of property. IP rights may be said to be ‘intangible’ in the sense that they do not constitute physical assets but nonetheless their importance to companies, whether small or large, cannot be underestimated. Copyright: This right arises automatically in original artistic, dramatic and literary works, including video games and protects the expression of an idea not the idea itself. Ownership of copyright will permit the owner to prevent unauthorized use including the making of copies or placement of the work on the Internet. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 sets out the types of creative works that have copyright protection under English law. Copyright protection does not last indefinitely and the period of protection varies for different works Trademarks Trademarks are signs or symbols which distinguish products or services from those of other businesses and...

How should you prepare for an interview? Researching the company would be a good start, finding out about them and reading more into them to give off that you're interested in them and if they ask you any questions about their company you're going to know the answers if you research them. This is a good way to impress them. Looking up your role that you applied for. There isn't anything more worse than not knowing what your job role enquires, what you will have to do and who you will work with. Theres nothing more better than being prepared and knowing who you will work with and what your job role specifically asks for. Having a great outfit to turn up to for an interview. You wouldn't want to turn up to your interview in a PVC skin tight outfit would you? That would be weird, however picking out the right outfit for your job lets the interviewer know you're smart and just gives an overall judge by the way you dress. We don't like to admit it but we jud...

IGDA https://www.igda.org/page/corevalues?&hhsearchterms="core+and+values" About them: IGDA are a game's developers association that is non profit who vows to "support and empower" game developers making sure their careers don't fall off the radar or they become bankrupt and then their project has to come to an end. IGDA has over 12,000 members from all fields of the gaming industry and anybody who participates in the gaming industry can join IGDA IGDA are for members of the games development community such as producers who needs help with their project and they also host events to help freelancers meet high end game producers and developers who may hire them or who are looking to hire. IGDA are for everybody in the gaming community whether you're looking to be hired or looking for members to hire for your project team IGDA are there to help a broad variety of the community. Principles Principles in the IGDA community are the rules that they...

Online recruitment review.   jobs.gamesindustry.biz   The quotes I think seem relevant in my opinion are:  "The site has a significant and qualified global audience, with over 100,000 registered users spanning every part of the industry, from  design ,  development ,  publishing ,  marketing ,  distribution  or  retail  all the way through to  media ,  freelance  and  students . Leading  news  content, with opinion-forming industry  interviews  and  analysis , are added daily, while the site boasts one of the largest  recruitment  databases for video game-related roles, a  company directory  of contact details for hundreds of businesses in the industry, and links to  industry bodies  and  events ." Usefulness. I think gamesindustry.biz is useful in some aspects for instance they give accurate descriptions of jobs going and provide the i...