Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind such as inventions, literary works, and symbols. There are two main categories of intellectual property: industrial property including patents, trademarks, designs, and geographical indications; and copyright which covers artistic works. Intellectual property rights provide incentives for new creations and ensure genuine products are available while allowing consumers to identify brands. Patents protect new inventions while trademarks identify business sources. Industrial designs and geographical indications also receive legal protections. The Right to Information Act allows Indian citizens access to government documents and works, while the Information Technology Act establishes a legal framework for electronic commerce and transactions.

1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
by MUKESH KUMAR

2. What is Intellectual Property?
• Intellectual property refers to
creations of the mind: inventions;
literary and artistic works; and
symbols, names and images used
in commerce.

3. Why Intellectual Property Rights?
a. To provide incentive to the individual for new
creations.
b. Providing due recognition to the creators and
inventors.
c. Ensuring the availability of the genuine and
original products

4. Intellectual property
is divided into two categories:
• Industrial Property-
patents, trademarks, industrial
designs, and geographical
indications.
• Copyright- covers literary
works like novels, poems,
films, music, artistic works etc.

5. How does the average
person benefit?
• The multibillion dollar films, recording,
publishing and software industries – which
bring pleasure to millions of people worldwide –
would not exist without copyright protection.
• Without the rewards provided by the patent
system,researchers and inventors would have
little incentive to continue producing better and
more efficient products for consumers.

6. Conti…
• Consumers would have no means to confidently
buy products or services without
reliable, international trademark protection and
enforcement mechanisms to discourage
counterfeiting and piracy.

7. What is a Patent?
• A patent is an exclusive right granted for an
invention –a product or process that provides
a new way of doing something,or that offers a new
technical solution to a problem.
• Protection is granted for a limited period,
generally 20 years.

8. What is a trademark?
• A trademark is a distinctive
sign that identifies certain
goods or services produced or
provided by an individual or a
company.

9. What is an Industrial
Design?
• An industrial design refers to the
ornamental or aesthetic aspects of
an article.
• A design may consist of:
• 3D features-shape or surface of an article.
• 2D -patterns, lines or color.

10. What is a Geographical
Indication?
• A geographical indication is a sign used on goods
that have a specific geographical origin and
possess qualities or a reputation due to that
place of origin.

11. Right to Information Act, 2005
• The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI) is
an Act of the Parliament of India "to provide for
setting out the practical regime of right to
information for citizens."
• Act applies to all States and Union Territories of
India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Jammu and Kashmir has its own act called
Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Act,
2009.

12. The Act empowers every citizen to:
• Ask any questions from the
Government or seek any
information.
• Take copies of any
governmental documents.
• Inspect any governmental
documents.
• Inspect any Governmental
works.
• Take samples of materials of
any Governmental work.

13. Information technology act, 2000
• Purpose-
• To provide legal recognition
for transactions.
 By means of electric data
interchange.
 Electric communications.
 Electronic commerce.

14. Offences under the act
• Tampering(sec 65)- Alter, destroy any computer
source code.
• Hacking(sec66)
• Publishing obscene information-67
• Misrepresentation-71
• Breach of a confidentiality and privacy.-72
• Publication for fraud purpose-74

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