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'''Originality''' is the aspect of created or invented works by as being new or novel, and thus can be distinguished from [[replica|reproductions]], clones, [[forgery|forgeries]], or [[derivative work]]s.
An original work is one not received from others nor one copied based on the work of others.
The term "originality" is often applied as a compliment to the [[creativity]] of [[artist]]s, [[writer]]s, and [[thinker]]s.
==Originality in law==
In law, originality has become an important [[legal concept]] with respect to [[intellectual property]], where creativity and [[invention]] have manifest as [[copyright]]able works.
In the [[patent]] law of the [[United States]] and most other countries, only original [[invention]]s are subject to protection. In addition to being original, inventions submitted for a patent must also be useful and [[Inventive step and non-obviousness|nonobvious]].
In [[United States copyright law]] and the law of many other states, copyrights protect only ''original'' works of authorship, a property which has been historically and legally linked to a concept of "[[creativity]]". A work must pass a [[threshold of originality]] in order to be copyrightable.
In [[United Kingdom]] [[intellectual property]] law, a [[derived work]] can demonstrate originality, and must do so if it is to respect copyright.
===Original idea===
An original idea is an [[Idea]], which one person thought up wholly or partly independently of other people. Original ideas vary from brilliantly intelligent [[Innovations]] through to material likely to interest primarily [[Psychiatrists]].
Sometimes two or more people can come up with the same idea independently.
== See also ==
* [[U.S. case law]]: ''[[Feist v. Rural]], [[Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.]]''
* [[Swiss copyright law|Copyright protection of photographs in Switzerland]] - describes the criteria for the originality of photographs in Swiss law.
* In [[fiction]] narratology, an original is the first-published installment of a series of works, thus having [[sequel]]s, [[prequel]]s, interquels, etc.
* Synonyms: [[archetype]], [[prototype]] (the first draft of an original work), model, [[template]], and [[pastiche]] (an imitation of an archetype or prototype in order to pay homage to the original creator)
* [[Derivative work]]
==External links==
* [http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php? Wikinfo] is a website which accepts original material.
* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LsahXXRGm7QC&dq=Great+minds+think+alike&pg=RA4-PA258&ots=-ookljtehC&sig=Snh7X7bFoOPD38aKPrKlecwQiT0&prev=http://www.google.co.uk/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3DGreat%2Bminds%2Bthink%2Balike%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch%26meta%3D&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1 The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy]
An original work is one not received from others nor one copied based on the work of others.
The term "originality" is often applied as a compliment to the [[creativity]] of [[artist]]s, [[writer]]s, and [[thinker]]s.
==Originality in law==
In law, originality has become an important [[legal concept]] with respect to [[intellectual property]], where creativity and [[invention]] have manifest as [[copyright]]able works.
In the [[patent]] law of the [[United States]] and most other countries, only original [[invention]]s are subject to protection. In addition to being original, inventions submitted for a patent must also be useful and [[Inventive step and non-obviousness|nonobvious]].
In [[United States copyright law]] and the law of many other states, copyrights protect only ''original'' works of authorship, a property which has been historically and legally linked to a concept of "[[creativity]]". A work must pass a [[threshold of originality]] in order to be copyrightable.
In [[United Kingdom]] [[intellectual property]] law, a [[derived work]] can demonstrate originality, and must do so if it is to respect copyright.
===Original idea===
An original idea is an [[Idea]], which one person thought up wholly or partly independently of other people. Original ideas vary from brilliantly intelligent [[Innovations]] through to material likely to interest primarily [[Psychiatrists]].
Sometimes two or more people can come up with the same idea independently.
== See also ==
* [[U.S. case law]]: ''[[Feist v. Rural]], [[Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.]]''
* [[Swiss copyright law|Copyright protection of photographs in Switzerland]] - describes the criteria for the originality of photographs in Swiss law.
* In [[fiction]] narratology, an original is the first-published installment of a series of works, thus having [[sequel]]s, [[prequel]]s, interquels, etc.
* Synonyms: [[archetype]], [[prototype]] (the first draft of an original work), model, [[template]], and [[pastiche]] (an imitation of an archetype or prototype in order to pay homage to the original creator)
* [[Derivative work]]
==External links==
* [http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php? Wikinfo] is a website which accepts original material.
* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LsahXXRGm7QC&dq=Great+minds+think+alike&pg=RA4-PA258&ots=-ookljtehC&sig=Snh7X7bFoOPD38aKPrKlecwQiT0&prev=http://www.google.co.uk/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3DGreat%2Bminds%2Bthink%2Balike%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch%26meta%3D&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1 The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy]