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Copy right is the exclusive legal right, given to an
originator to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary,
artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same, it
protects pieces of work from being stolen or re-maid, this helps business seal
their products without people copying them, and if you break the copyright law
then you can be fined up to £150,000.
A trade mark is a recognizable sign, design or expression
which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of
others. The trademark owner can be an individual, business organization, or any
legal entity. A trademark may be located on a package, a label, a voucher or on
the product itself.
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind:
inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and
designs used in commerce. IP is divided into two categories:
Industrial property, which includes
inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic
indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic
works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works
such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural
designs.
Rights related to copyright
include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of
phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and
television programs. The innovations and creative expressions of indigenous and
local communities are also IP, yet because they are “traditional” they may not
be fully protected by existing IP systems.
Access to, and equitable benefit-sharing in, genetic resources also
raise IP questions. Normative and
capacity-building programs are underway at WIPO to develop balanced and
appropriate legal and practical responses to these issues.
