Intellectual Property Right Flashcards
What does IPR stand for?
Intellectual Property Pight
Why is intellectual Property important?
It brings economic benefits to those who know how to take advantage of it.
or
It will make money for those people who use it to protect their ideas, designs, logos, etc.
What are the 6 different ways intellectual property can be protected?
Confidentiality Trademark Patent Registered Design Design Right Copy Right
What does Trade Marks protect?
Logo/ Brand name / Identity of product
What does Copy right protect?
Software used to operate the product / protect advertising videos / images / slogans
What does a Patent protect?
How the product operates (Touch screen, charging methods, fitting of blocks)
What does Registered design/ Design right protect?
The aesthetic shape/ form of the product
What does Confidentiality protect?
Secrecy of the recipe or mechanics of a product.
Explain why companies Patent their designs.
Protect company rights
registered ownership
prevent idea/ patent being copied
can lease the design to other companies