Intellectual property rights are regulated by national laws and include patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial design rights, and copyright. Patents protect technical inventions for 20 years, utility models protect new practical inventions for 10 years, trademarks protect distinctive figures, words, slogans for 10 years through renewal, industrial design rights protect non-utilitarian visual object designs for 25 years through renewal, and copyright automatically protects original creative works for 70 years. Confidentiality agreements can be used to keep ideas secret while pursuing intellectual property protection.