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Gelos Enterprise Policy And Procedures Report Page 1 of 10 GELOS ENTERPRISE POLICY AND PROCEDURES REPORT Student Name ICT Technician GELOS Enterprises

Gelos Enterprise Policy And Procedures Report Page 2 of 10 Version Control Information : Version Date Comment Draft 10/09/2023 Proposal 1 14/09/2023 Signed off, ICT Senior Manager Document Sign-off ________________ Madison Mathews, ICT Senior Manager, Gelos Enterprise

Gelos Enterprise Policy And Procedures Report Page 3 of 10 Table of Contents Cover Page 1 Version Control Page 2 Table of Contents Page 3 Introduction Page 4 Background Information Page 4 Review Page 5 Recommendations Page 6 Recommendations – E-mail to ICT Senior Manager Page 6 Implementation Timeframe Page 7 Feedback Page 8 Bibliography Page 9

Gelos Enterprise Policy And Procedures Report Page 4 of 10 Introduction This report has been created comparing the different Policies and Procedures at Gelos Enterprises with legal and industry standards and suggestions have been made to enhance current policies and procedures. Topics covered are Intellectual Property, Privacy, Ethics, and Customer Complaints. Various Gelos policies and procedures documents were conferred while compiling this report. Other sources were used for background information, research, and comparison with Gelos policies. Background Information The most common types of Intellectual Property (IP) are protected in Australia by different legislations. These laws have important implications regarding how ideas and the products of those ideas can be used for commercial use. Following are the most common IP and the legislations that cover them.  Patents (Patents Act 1990) Protects new or improved products, processes or technology.  Trademarks (Trade Mars Act 1995) Protects branding that can be differentiated from others through logo, words, phrase, letter, sound, smell, shape, pictures, aspects of packaging in any of the combination  Designs (Designs Act 2003) Protects the design of a physical product.  Circuit Layouts (Circuit Layouts Act 1989) Protects rights over circuit layouts including computer chips. In Australia this is protected under this act which and does not require registration.  Confidentiality or trade secrets Trade secrets are not specifically protected under Australian law however the aspects can be protected through non-disclosure agreements (NDA).  Copyright (Copyright Act 1968) Copyright is one form of Intellectual Property (IP) that protects the way an original idea is expressed. It is the original expression that is protected and not the idea itself (Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department, September 2023). Copyright covers scopes of literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, and broadcasting work. Computer programs is also covered by copyright laws. In Australia copyrights are protected under the Copyright Act 1968 which does not require registration. The act protects the original idea the moment it has been recorded. A copyright owner has exclusive rights of monetizing from the idea. Copyrights can be sold however the creator will always hold ‘Moral Rights’ over the creation which identifies

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