This document defines intellectual property and the main types of intellectual property rights. It outlines that intellectual property includes literary, artistic, scientific works, performances, phonograms, broadcasts, inventions, scientific discoveries, industrial designs, trademarks, and protections against unfair competition. The main types of intellectual property rights covered are copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial designs, and trade secrets. It provides brief descriptions and requirements for each of these types of intellectual property rights.

1. An Overview
IPR
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Pushkar Singh

2. Definition of Intellectual
Property
 Intellectual property (IP) is a term referring to a
number of distinct types of creations of the mind for
which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the
corresponding fields of law.

3. “Intellectual Property Shall Include The Rights Relating
To
 Literary, Artistic And Scientific Works,
 Performances Of Performing Artists, Phonograms, And
Broadcasts,
 Inventions In All Fields Of Human Endeavour
 Scientific Discoveries
 Industrial Designs
 Trademarks, Service Marks And Commercial Names
And Designations
 Protection Against Unfair Competition
And All Other Rights Resulting From Intellectual
Activity In The Industrial, Scientific, Literary Or
Artistic Fields.”

4. TYPES OF IPR
IPRCOPYRIGHTS
TRADEMARK
PATENT
INDUSTRIAL
DESIGN
RIGHTS
TRADE
SECRETS

5. Copyright
 Literary, dramatic, Musical and Artistic Works
published during life time of author: Life + 60
years
 All Other Works: 60 years from date of publication
 Posthumous, Anonymous Works
 Works of Government and Organizations
 Cinema and Sound Recording
 Photograph

6. TRADE MARK
A name of an enterprise or a Mark capable of being
represented graphically, distinguishing the goods or
services of one person from those of others e. g., LUX,
Godrej, TVS ,Telco, 555, APPLE
 Trade Mark can be -
o sign , words, letters, numbers,
o drawings, pictures, emblem,
o colors or combination of colors,
o shape of goods,
o graphic representation or packaging or
o any combination of the above
as applied to an article or a product.

7. Kinds of Trademarks
 Marks on goods
 Service Marks
 Certification trademark
 Collective Marks
 Well known marks
 Trade Names

8. PATENT
• A patent is an exclusive right granted for an
invention, which is a product or a process that
provides a new way of doing something, or offers a
new technical solution to a problem
• The limited monopoly right granted by the state
enables an inventor to prohibit another person from
manufacturing, using or selling the patented product
or from using the patented process, without
permission.
• Period of Patents - 20 Years

9. Industrial Designs
 Protection for industrial designs that are new or
original
 Design are feature of shape, configuration, pattern or
ornament
 The design must be applied to an article
 The design must be applied by an industrial process.
 Appeal to the eye.

10. Trade Secret
In most states, a trade secret may consist of any formula,
pattern, physical device, idea, process or compilation of
information that both:
 provides the owner of the information with a competitive
advantage in the marketplace, and
 is treated in a way that can reasonably be expected to
prevent the public or competitors from learning about it,
absent improper acquisition or theft.

11. Some examples of potential trade secrets are:
 A Formula For A Sports Drink
 Survey Methods Used By Professional Pollsters
 Recipes
 A New Invention For Which A Patent Application Has
Not Yet Been Filed
 Marketing Strategies
 Manufacturing Techniques, And
 Computer Algorithms.

12. Licensing of an IP
• Licence is a permission granted by an IP owner to
another person to use the IP on agreed terms and
conditions, while he continues to retain ownership of
the IP
• Licensing creates an income source
• It establishes a legal framework for transfer of
technology to a wider group of researchers and
engineers
• Creates market presence for the technology or
trademark