Some examples are:
SOFTWARE PRODUCTS
∴ computer programs
∴ online platforms
∴ others
TRADE SECRETS
∴ business strategy
∴ innovations
∴ others
KNOW-HOW
∴ production experience
∴ technical documentation
∴ others
Intellectual Property
How is Intellectual Property protected?
Whit the term Intellectual Property described inventions, technologies, names, works of art, music, literature, etc., which are non–material when they are created, but acquire material value as a realized product. The word “property” is included in this term because the term “Intellectual Property” applies only to inventions, names or creations that a person or group of people claims to be his or their property. The Intellectual Property System encompasses products that are the result of human intellectual work.
From the point of view of the system of Intellectual Property Protection, the objects are divided into three main categories: copyright and related rights; industrial property and other protected intellectual property. Copyright, according to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, is obtained automatically after publication, production or presentation of the product (document, software, work of art, etc.). The protection of Industrial Property, on the other hand, is encompassed by the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.
Industrial property
The main objects of Industrial Property are:
∴ inventions and utility models
∴ trademarks and geographical indications
∴ industrial designs
∴ new plant varieties and animal breeds
∴ topologies of integrated circuits
∴ brand names
Copyright
Objects of copyright and related rights are:
∴ literary works
∴ musical and artistic works
∴ films and other audiovisual works
∴ artworks
∴ architecture works
∴ projects, maps, schemes, plans
∴ graphic design of a printed edition
∴ translations and adaptations
∴ arrangements of musical and folklore works
∴ collective works (periodicals, encyclopedias, collections, etc.)
Other Intellectual Property
Other Intellectual Property rights exist for:
∴ innovations
∴ trade or company secrets
∴ know-hоw
∴ business strategy
∴ computer programs
∴ on-line platforms
∴ mobile applications
INVENTION
Patent protects the technical nature of an INVENTION, which can be, for example: product, device, technology, system, method, use, etc. The technical nature of the invention must clearly disclose:
For product, device, system, etc.
∴ of WHAT kind of elements is built
∴ HOW are the elements connected to each other
∴ WHAT are the connections between the elements
∴ HOW it works
For technology, method, etc.
∴ WHAT kind of process flow or performed
∴ WHAT means are used to carry out the processes
∴ under WHAT kind of regimes the process flows
∴ WHAT is the sequence of processes
DISTINCTIVE SIGN
Trademark protects a SIGN that distinguishes the goods and/or services of a manufacturer.
The sign may be any of or a combination of the following:
∴ LOGO
∴ NAME
∴ SLOGAN
∴ IMAGE
∴ MELODY
∴ PICTURE
…and can be:
∴ REGISTERED TRADEMARK – ®
∴ unregistered trademark, but … HAVING WIDESPREAD REPUTATION OR RECOGNITION – (ТМ) or (SM)
DESIGN
By an Industrial Design is protected the VISIBLE APPEARANCE of: product, set, composition, etc.
The visible appearance is determined by the features of:
∴ SHAPE
∴ LINES
∴ PATTERNS
∴ combination of colour
…or
∴ COMBINATION of them
COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT “AUTOMATICALLY” protects any original WORK of art.
Copyright extends to works of:
∴ LITERATURE
∴ SCIENCE
∴ MUSIC
∴ ART
∴ OTHERS
…and such can be:
∴ texts of books
∴ scientific articles
∴ lyrics
∴ pictures
∴ others
OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Such objects of intellectual property are SOFTWARE PRODUCTS, TRADE SECRETS and KNOW-HOW
