FORMS OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY (Juan Ferney Pineda Betancur, Septiembre 2019, 212032_93)
Intellectual property (IP) encompasses various legal rights that protect the creations of individuals and businesses. These rights include patents, which provide a temporary legal title for inventions and are granted by a patent office.
FORMS OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY (Juan Ferney Pineda Betancur, Septiembre 2019, 212032_93)
Are rights governed by statute that provide individuals with a right
to prevent others from exploiting or abusing their intellectual creations
SECRET KNOW-HOW
may be exploited solely by the company that is using it
Usually relates to a technology process or manufacturing method, which is notpatented either because it does not satisfy the criteria for patentability, or because a decision is made not to patent it, since in order to apply for a patent, full details of the process must be disclose
DESIGN RIGHTS
Design right protection is an additional form
The registered design right can be as valuable as a patent right in certain product fields and is much stronger than the unregistered design right, with several clear benefits
TRADE MARKS
The trade mark, in which a business wants to create value and become identified by in the market, can be a word, a signature, a monogram, a picture or symbol, a logo or a combination.
Is the symbol by which the goods of a particular manufacturer or trader can be identified and distinguished from the goods of others
COPYRIGHT
Allows the creators to control the use and exploitation of their works, and derivative works thereof, and covers the copying, adapting, publishing, performing and broadcasting of such
works
Is a form of IP designed to protect the rights of a creator of literary and artistic works, computer programs and databases
PATENTS
Granted for a limited period by the patent office, acting as an instrument of the government in the country in which the patent is applied for
Legal title granted to an applicant for protection of an invention. It is a registerable form of IP
