1) <span>An acceptable use policy (AUP) is a document stipulating constraints and practices that a user must agree to for </span>access<span> to a corporate network or the Internet. Many businesses and educational facilities require that employees or students sign an acceptable use policy before being granted a network ID.
2) </span><span>Accordingly, rather than protecting possession, intellectual property law generally protects exclusive rights to use or reproduce the intellectual property. </span>IP<span> laws may also, in some circumstances, protect </span><span>secrecy</span>
1. An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) refers to a document that exemplifies a set of guidelines, that offers constraints and practices that the students/users must agree, before being permitted to access a network, system or website for using the internet or computer. <em>The purpose of this policy is to restrict the users to certain patterns in which the network could be accessed as a part of the school/company's comprehensive security policy. </em>It assists to ensure the use of the internet as a potential source of learning without being misused.
<em>2. Intellectual property refers to the intangible property created out of human intellect and creativity which may include designs, literary works, inventions, etc. This property can be used in commerce by registering it as copyright, patent or trademark, etc. </em>
