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1.
Patents
Protection for inventions. Inventions must be new
(first in the world); be useful (functional and
operative); show inventive ingenuity and not be
obvious to someone skilled in that area. It can
be a product, a composition, an apparatus, a
process or an improvement on any of
these.
2.
Trademarks Trademark registration gives you
exclusive rights to words, symbols and
designs, or combinations of these, that
distinguish your wares or services from those
of someone else.
3.
Copyrights Protection for books and maps;
lyrics and musical scores; sculptures and
paintings; photographs, films and tapes;
computer programs and databases.
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