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Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) is defined by the
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) as:
“ creations of the mind, such as
inventions; literary and artistic works;
designs; and symbols, names and images
used in commerce. The owner of
intellectual property has monopoly of its
use. Intellectual property is protected by
laws, including patents, copyright,
trademarks and trade secret laws.”
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Types of Intellectual Property
1. Copyright
2. Patents
3. Trademarks
4. Trade Secrets
Why does Intellectual Property matter?
1. To earn recognition or financial
benefits from an invention or creation
2. To safeguard creations and works from
infringers, copycats, and thieves
3. To build value of a business/ company/
individual
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 Types of Intellectual Property
COPYRIGHT PATENT TRADEMARK TRADE SECRET

Definition legal term used exclusive right sign capable of (IP) rights on
to describe the granted for an distinguishing confidential
rights that invention the goods or information
creators have services of one which may be
over their enterprise from sold or licensed.
literary and those of other
artistic works enterprises.

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 Types of Intellectual Property
COPYRIGHT PATENT TRADEMARK TRADE SECRET
What can be • literary works • Utility (function • word or a combination • any confidential
protected • computer and operation of of words, letters, and business
programs and an invention) numerals information
databases • Design • drawings, symbols, which provides
• films, musical (manufactured three-dimensional an enterprise a
compositions, product looks) features (packaging of competitive
and • Plant (distinct goods) edge and is
choreography new variety of • non-visible signs such unknown to
• artistic works plants that can as sounds or others
advertisement be asexually fragrances
s, maps, and reproduced) • color shades used as
technical distinguishing
drawings. features, etc.

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 Types of Intellectual Property
COPYRIGHT PATENT TRADEMARK TRADE SECRET
Provided economic rights, exclusive right to a trademark general concept of
Protection which allow the prevent or stop registration will protection
rights owner to others from confer an exclusive against unfair
derive financial commercially right to the use of competition or is
reward from the use exploiting the the registered based on specific
of their works by patented invention; trademark; the provisions or case
others; and meaning, the trademark can be law on the
moral rights, allow invention cannot be exclusively used by its protection
authors and commercially made, owner or licensed to of confidential
creators to take used, distributed, another party for use information.
certain actions to imported or sold by in return for
preserve and others without the payment.
protect their link patent owner's
with their work. consent.

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 Types of Intellectual Property
COPYRIGHT PATENT TRADEMARK TRADE SECRET
How long will it Author- copyright 20 years from the Trademarks do not Trade secrets can
last is enforceable for filing date of the expire after a set last in perpetuity
the life of the application period; it will persist so (i.e. forever) – if
creator plus long as the owner they are property
another 70 years continues to use the maintained and
trademark. protected. One do
Company's not register a trade
copyright- lasts secret with the
120 years from government.
creation or 95
years from
publication,
whichever is
shorter

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 Types of Intellectual Property
COPYRIGHT PATENT TRADEMARK TRADE SECRET
Renewable or Works created on or Following the On the tenth No expiry but needs
not after January 1, initial term of 20 anniversary of preventive measures such
1978, are not subject years, a patent is registration, the as:
to renewal considered expire owner must provide • Non-disclosure
registration. As to and becomes actual proof that the agreement (NDA):
works published or public domain, so trademark is in use. • Non-compete agreement
registered prior to no one can (NCA):.
January 1, 1978, monopolize it. • Robust IT security
renewal registration infrastructure
is optional after 28 • Controlling the
years but does accessibility of important
provide certain legal documents
advantages.

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“It pays to be original.”

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