What is ISO 16016 – Protection notices for restricting the use of documents and products about?

Copyright infringement or Intellectual property violation was witnessed a lot of times. It is necessary to protect authorised and patented documents from falling in the wrong possession and naming it their own.

ISO 16016 specifies the protection notices which serve to prevent the improper use of documents and products whose usage is restricted.

ISO 16016 the benefit of a uniform text, which states protection notices draw attention to the existence of an industrial property right or copyright. Furthermore, ISO 16016 clearly shows that the owner of the right claims legal protection to the fullest extent and, in addition to this, ISO 16016 guidelines restrict the utilization of the documents or products concerned.

Who is ISO 16016 - Protection notices for restricting the use of documents and products for?

ISO 16016 guidelines on protection notices for restricting the use of documents and products is useful for:

Research Personnel
Research Reviewer
Product development teams/innovation teams
Quality control personnel

Why should you use ISO 16016 - Protection notices for restricting the use of documents and products?

The above-mentioned notices may be used when citing protected documents or products in other publications, such as catalogues, offers, or brochures. If it is not possible to use the circled character, for example because it is not within the character set of the text-processing system being used, the complete term shall be typed.

ISO 16016 provides guidelines for the existence of document and product protection, as well as its extent, is primarily oriented towards fulfilling the requirements of industrial property rights and copyright law. In order to draw the attention of users to this legally provided protection of ISO 16016, additional safeguards are recommended through the use of protection notices that forestall the improper use of documents and products.

Normally, full protection is afforded only by appropriate contractual agreements between the involved parties. The protection notices specified in ISO 16016 serve to warn and explain. They are designed to facilitate the furnishing of proof and offer additional safeguards to authors and holders of commercial protection rights. Hence, ISO 16016 restricts infringement by warning about the copyright law of documented thoughts, ideas and procedures.

BS ISO 16016:2016

Technical product documentation. Protection notices for restricting the use of documents and products

Current

Published:

30 Apr 2016