IKR Dhelp & FAQ - TCN

Protecting your creations – your ideas, data, music, software, writing, drawings, algorithms, AI, videos, pictures, important secrets, etc. – is important, particularly in today’s knowledge economy. Wouldn’t you like to protect these as best as you can?

They why not take a moment to get an IKR record for your important ideas, data, music, software, writing, drawings, algorithms, AI, videos, pictures, important secrets, etc.?

The IKR provides important evidence you can use should someone copy your creations or accuse you of copying or illegally infringing their IP because it provides both a time and date stamp and evidence that no modification/corruption (to the digital file containing your creation) was made.

When you IKR a digital file, you will receive:

1. An online acknowledgement along with the IKR fingerprint as well as

2. An email confirmation containing the IKR fingerprint, the file name and a date and time.

Please keep the above records as well as a copy of the digital file itself.

Should you need to validate your IKR record (from IIPCC, WIPO, or another organization) then you may need to provide information from either the email record, online confirmation, digital file, etc.

If you did not receive an email after generating an IKR, this may be due to a problem with your email system, a delay in receiving the email at your end, a communications problem, or you may have entered your email address incorrectly when registering to use the IKR. Please: 1. Check your communications 2. Check the email address you used to register to use the IKR If the problem persists, please contact our IKR support.

保护您的作品 - 您的想法，音乐，写作，绘画，视频，图片，重要机密等 - 非常重要，尤其是在当今的知识经济中。你不想尽可能保护这些吗？他们为什么不花一点时间来获取您的重要创意，音乐，写作，绘画，视频，图片，通讯或信息的 IKR 记录？如果有人复制您的作品或指控您复制或非法侵犯其IP，IKR提供了您可以使用的重要证据，因为它既提供了时间戳，也提供了证据表明没有修改（包含您的创作的数字文件）。

Protecting your creations – your ideas, music, writing, drawings, videos, pictures, important secrets, etc. – is important, particularly in today’s knowledge economy. Wouldn’t you like to protect these as best as you can? They why not take a moment to get an IKR record for your important ideas, music, writing, drawings, videos, pictures, communications or information ? The IKR provides important evidence you can use should someone copy your creations or accuse you of copying or illegally infringing their IP because it both provides and time and date stamp and evidence that no modification (to the digital file containing your creation) was made.

When you IKR a file, you will receive: 1. An online acknowledgement along with the IKR fingerprint as well as 2. An email confirmation containing the IKR fingerprint, the file name and a date and time. Please keep the above records as well as a copy of the file if possible. Should you need to validate your IKR record (from IIPCC or WIPO) you may need to provide information from either the email record or online confirmation.

If you did not receive an email after generating an IKR, this may be due to a problem with your email system, a delay in receiving the email at your end, a communications problem, or you may have entered your email address incorrectly when registering to use the IKR. Please: 1. Check your communications 2. Check the email address you used to register to use the IKR If the problem persists, please contact our IKR support.

保护您的作品 - 您的想法，音乐，写作，绘画，视频，图片，重要机密等 - 非常重要，尤其是在当今的知识经济中。你不想尽可能保护这些吗？他们为什么不花一点时间来获取您的重要创意，音乐，写作，绘画，视频，图片，通讯或信息的 IKR 记录？如果有人复制您的作品或指控您复制或非法侵犯其IP，IKR提供了您可以使用的重要证据，因为它既提供了时间戳，也提供了证据表明没有修改（包含您的创作的数字文件）。

No. The IKR provides Proof of Existence (PoE) - that a person was in possession of an electronic document as of the time/date when the IKR Record is created. This in turn can be compelling evidence of authorship and/or inventorship. The IKR may provide a strong rebuttable presumption of authorship/creation (i.e., in the lack of evidence to the contrary, that a person holding an IKR is the author/creator). However, the IKR does not provide proof that a specific person is the author/creator of a piece of content because the IKR does not capture personal data, nor does it capture information about the originator/author/creator of the content for which an IKR is being generated. Privacy is the reason that the IKR is designed to provide PoE and not authorship/inventorship. Authorship/inventorship may be proven, subject to the laws of your jurisdiction, if your machine(s) have strong biometric capability and you follow a strict procedure when using your computer(s).

With a chain of existence. If you use the IKR from the start of a new creation and use it for each subsequent interation of the content, then you can create a chain of evidence to show that you are the original author/creator. For example if you have an idea for a book and: 1. Write down the idea and draft outline – and generate IKRs for these 2. If you write the first draft – and generate an IKR for this 3. Then write subsequent drafts and generate a IKR for each of them, etc. While document version control is your responsibility, we recommend that for each new draft, you save the draft under a different name (e.g. save the first draft as ‘Draft 1 June 25 2018, the next as ‘Draft 2 June 25 2018, etc.) and get IKRs for each new document. You will be able to present a strong chain of evidence, in for example, a court of law or an ADR proceeding, showing that you were the originator/creator. This in turn may be be hard for the opponent to refute.

No. IIPCC does not authenticate the identity of users of the IKR. The non-enterprise (version) license is designed to comply to Privacy Regulations. Such authentication of identity to insure the party who generates IKRs for content is the responsibility of the individual user or organization (for the Enterprise version). Such authentication can be a process by which an individual or organization establishes the appropriate level of identity authentication assurance, or confidence in the identity of the person or system generating the IKR. This assurance is established through employing “authentication factors,” individually or in concert, to raise the level of confidence that the party being granted access is the registered person or entity. Requirements for specific authentication factors or their combination may vary depending on the authentication technologies and organizational procedures employed (e.g. passwords, smart cards, multi-factor authentication systems, biometrics) as well as governmental regulations. The ability to prove authorship of content for which IKR records were generated may also depend on procedures to, for example, safeguard digital records or prevent outside tampering (cybersecurity) that are in place, court requirements, etc.

IIPCC respects your concerns about your individual data and how it is used and shared. IIPCC appreciates your trust in us to protect your data carefully and sensibly. IIPCC only collect the personal information that you provided to us during the IKR registration process. For individuals, this collection is limited to your first and last name, email and phone number. Use of all personal data is governed by the IIPCC Privacy Policy Statement.

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What comprises an IKR record?

What can I IKR?

What records should I keep when I generate an IKR?

Is the IKR record for a file unique?

Is the IKR technology proven?

What happens if I do not get an email?

What time standard does the IKR use?

Does the IKR replace IP rights like copyrights, trademarks or patents?"

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我生成 IKR 时应该保留哪些记录？

文件的 IKR 记录是唯一的吗？

IKR 技术是否经过验证？

如果我没有收到电子邮件会怎么样？

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IKR 是否取代版权，商标或专利等知识产权？

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