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Forms of Intellectual Property

are rights by statute that provide individuals with a right to prevent others from exploitin or abusing their intellectual creations.

The more common forms of IPR

patents

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Trade Marks

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A patent is a legal title granted to an applicant for protection of an invention

It is granted for a limited period

conventions and treaties:

Everry country´s legislation includes laws for de protection of IP, in which there is a provision for patent laws to govern the protection of inventions in that country.

Cooperation treaty

The PCT application, also referred to as an international patent application , provides for a single patent application being filed at a single receiving office, in language and in accordance with one set af rules.

eutopean patent convention

requirements for a patent

the invention must de novel (new)

It must involve an inventive step (not obvious)

It must be capatable of industrial application

It must not fall into the excluded category for non-patentable matter.

sufficient information in the patent application to show how the invention works

Copyright is a form of IP designed to pretect the rights of a creator of literary and artistic works, computer programs and databases.

There is no requirement to register a work in order to obtain copyright protection

Is the symbol by which the goods of a particular manufacturer or trader can be identified and distinguished from the goods of others

To qualify for registration the mark:

Must be distinctive

Must not be descriptive of the goods

Must not be capable of deception or confusion with marks already applie for or registered

Design Rights

While each country has its own IP laws that include protection for designs

The community design system

hague agreement

This form of IP usually relates to a technology process or manufacturing method, which is not patentes either because it does not satify the criteria for patentability