Module overview
Duration: 
Approximately 30 minutes
Student partnership 
This module was developed with UQ student partners as part of a Student-Staff Partnership project.
Graduate attributes
Knowledge and skills you can gain from this module will contribute to your Graduate Attributes:
Respectful leaders
This module is part of Digital Essentials, a series of online modules to help you quickly build your digital skills so you can succeed in study and work.
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Aims and objectives
This module will:
- explain Intellectual Property (IP) and its protection
- help you to understand your rights and obligations.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- understand the implications of different types of IP
- take steps to protect your IP in different circumstances.
Module sections
- Intellectual Property and its value
- IP with automatic protection or no protection
- IP requiring registration
- IP at the University of Queensland and other workplaces
- Is your idea original?
- Indigenous Knowledge
- Global implications
- IP ownership
- Social media and IP
- Check your knowledge
- Conclusion
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