Types of Intellectual Property
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| Trademark | Copyright | Patent | Design | |
| What’s protected? | Any word, slogan, symbol, logo, recognizable sign, design, or expression that differentiates products or services of a particular source from those of others. | Original works of creative expression that have been fixed in a tangible medium, such as artistic output or technical work products | A patent-eligible invention that is novel, useful, and non-obvious | Features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament, composition of lines, color or combination thereof applied to any article |
| Requirements for registration | The mark shall be unique. | The creative work must be original and should be capable of fixing in the tangible form. | An invention must be new, useful and non-obvious | The design must be original and should be applied to the article by any industrial process. |
| Rights granted | Right to prevent others from unfairly competing with you by using “confusingly similar” marks | Right to exclusively reproduce, publish, perform, display, or record the creative work, and also to create derivative works from the original | Right to exclude others from making, selling, using or importing a particular product or service | Provides the creator, exclusive rights over use of the design. |
| Who can apply? | Business owners or the product owners. | Authors, artists, choreographers, architects, and other creative professionals. | Inventors and designers. | Designers or the owners of the product. |
| Do I have to register in order to gain protection on this? | Registration is not required, but it offers you added legal benefits | Registration is not required, but it offers you added legal benefits | Yes; you must file a patent application | Yes; you must file an application for design registration |
| Validity | 10 years | Author’s life plus 60 years; but if owned by a company, then 70 years after the date the work is first made public | 20 Years | 10 years, it can be renewed for another 5 years |
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