Understanding Intellectual Property
For a better understanding concerning some of the main areas of intellectual property, check out the following site sections:
Patents
Patents protect new and useful processes, machines, articles of manufacture, compositions of matter or improvements thereof.
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Trademarks
A "trademark" is a word, phrase, symbol, design or combination thereof, which identifies the goods of a manufacturer or merchant and distinguishes those goods from another's.
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Copyrights
Copyright protection extends to original works of authorship and provides the right to exclude others from reproducing, derivating, distributing, performing, or displaying the author's original work.
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Trade Secrets
A trade secret is "a secret formula or process, not patented, known only to certain individuals who use it in compounding or manufacturing some article of trade having commercial value."
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