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According to experts' forecasts, the global online education market will grow to $ 319 billion over the next five years.
Already today, 70% of the market is accounted for by China, the USA, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. In Russia, the annual market growth is projectedslated to be about 25%, and in 2020, the market size reached $ 750 million.
In Kazakhstan, the situation is similar: the online education market is also at its peak. Growth is relentlessly driving the creation of new intelligent products such as educational courses and training materials. However, this increases the risk of theft of intellectual property products, for which one must also be prepared.
Copyright infringement can be carried out both by envious competitors and by reckless citizens who do not know about the consequences they may face for copying. To prevent theft of intellectual property and keep online education safe, you need to know how to protect your copyright.
In Kazakhstan, intellectual property issues are regulated by several regulatory legal acts, including the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Copyright and Related Rights" and the Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which also applies to such situations. It is worth noting that both published materials and unpublished materials are considered intellectual property - copyright becomes applicable already at the time of creation of the material.
To protect your intellectual property, before transferring it to a third party, it is worth concluding an agreement on exclusive or non-exclusive rights. Also, the author can enter his work in the official registry to obtain a certificate about State registration with the number and date of creation of the material. Such a certificate will protect you and your intellectual property in the event of disputes or legal proceedings.
Since most often an online course is developed in co-authorship, separate agreements providing transfer of rights must be concluded with each of the authors.
In Kazakhstan, intellectual property control also falls partly under the ambit of criminal law which stipulates a fine of up to 5000 MCI or a term of imprisonment of up to six years if found guilty of infringement.
