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Intellectual Property: Supporting Inventors, Entrepreneurs, & Creators

Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind like inventions, artistic works, designs, and symbols. There are several types of intellectual property including patents which grant exclusive rights to an invention for up to 20 years if registered with a government, copyrights which protect original creative works if registered with a government, and trademarks which distinguish products and services in the marketplace if registered with a government. Trade secrets also provide protection for intellectual property that companies keep private like formulas. Industrial designs constitute the ornamental design of an article.

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Intellectual Property: Supporting Inventors, Entrepreneurs, & Creators

Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind like inventions, artistic works, designs, and symbols. There are several types of intellectual property including patents which grant exclusive rights to an invention for up to 20 years if registered with a government, copyrights which protect original creative works if registered with a government, and trademarks which distinguish products and services in the marketplace if registered with a government. Trade secrets also provide protection for intellectual property that companies keep private like formulas. Industrial designs constitute the ornamental design of an article.

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Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the


mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works;
designs; and symbols, names and images used in
commerce.

Supporting Inventors,
Entrepreneurs, & Creators
What is Intellectual Property?

Copyrights Trademarks
Patents Trade
Secrets
Industrial Design

Geographic Indiciations
Patents

An intellectual property right granted by the


government of a nation to an inventor that
gives him or her the exclusive right to the
invention for up to 20 years, may it be product
or process. The patent holder must register to
obtain rights
Copyrights

An intellectual property right granted by a


government to the author of an original
literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, or other
eligible creative work. It protects music, books,
software, flims, paintings and photgraphs
Trademarks

An intellectual property right granted by a


government to an individual, business, or legal
entity that creates and uses a distinctive word,
name, symbol, or device to distinguish its
products or services from those from any
other entity in the marketplace. Trademarks
must be registered
Trade Secrets

A law that requires that the intellectual


property to be protected, not publicly
disclosed. It holds commerical practices
example KFC’s 11 Spices and herbs.
Industrial designs
An industrial design constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic
aspect of an article. A design may consist of three-dimensional
features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or of two-
dimensional features, such as patterns on furniture, lines or
colour on carpets

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