The document summarizes key topics related to intellectual property, including its definition as creations of the mind such as inventions, literary/artistic works, and symbols. It describes the main categories of intellectual property as patents, trademarks, industrial designs, geographical indications, and copyright. It provides brief explanations of patents, trademarks, industrial designs, geographical indications, and copyright, highlighting their purpose and protections. The document also introduces the World Intellectual Property Organization as the international body dedicated to protecting intellectual property rights worldwide.
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What is Intellectual Property?
Categories of Intellectual Property
What are Intellectual Property Rights?
What is a Patent?
What is a Trademark?
What is an Industrial Design?
What is a Geographical Indication?
What is Copyright and Related Rights?
What is the World Intellectual Property
Organization?
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It refers to creations of the mind
Inventions
Literary
and artistic works
Symbols, names and images used in
commerce
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Copyright covers
Literary works (such as novels, poems and
plays)
Films
Music
Artistic works (e.g., drawings, paintings,
photographs and sculptures)
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They are like any other property right.
They allow creators, or owners, of patents,
trademarks or copyrighted works to benefit from
their own work or investment in a creation.
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The progress and well-being of humanity rest on
its capacity to create and invent new works in
the areas of technology and culture
The legal protection of new creations
encourages the commitment of additional
resources for further innovation
The promotion and protection of intellectual
property spurs economic growth, creates new
jobs and industries, and enhances the quality
and enjoyment of life
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An exclusive right granted for an invention - a
product or process that
provides a new way of doing something
offers a new technical solution to a problem
provides patent owners with protection for
their inventions
Protection is granted for a limited period,
generally 20 years
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An invention must fulfill the following conditions
to be protected by a patent
Be of practical use
Show an element of “novelty”
Show an “inventive step”
Be accepted as “patentable” under law
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A distinctive sign that identifies certain goods or
services produced or provided by an individual
or a company
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Trademarks may be
one or a combination of words, letters and
numerals
consist of drawings, symbols or 3-D signs
registered for distinguishing features such as
holograms, motion, color and non-visible signs
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The ornamental or aesthetic aspects of an
article
May consist of 3-D features such as the shape
or surface of an article, or two-dimensional
features, such as patterns, lines or color
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Industrial products and handicrafts
Technical and medical instruments
Watches, jewelry and other luxury items
House wares and electrical appliances
Vehicles and architectural structures
Textile designs
Leisure goods
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A sign used on goods that have a specific
geographical origin and possess qualities or a
reputation due to that place of origin
Consists of the name of the place of origin of the
goods
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An appellation of origin is a special kind of
geographical indication used on products that
have a specific quality exclusively or essentially
due to the geographical environment in which
the products are produced
Examples of appellations of origin
“Bordeaux” for wine produced in the Bordeaux
region of France
“Habana” for tobacco grown in the Havana
region of Cuba
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Wide variety of agricultural products
Specific qualities of a product that are due to
human factors found in the product’s place of
origin
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Geographical
Trademark
Indication
A sign used by a Guarantees to
company to distinguish consumers that a
its goods and services product was produced in
from those produced by a certain place and has
others certain characteristics
Gives its owner the right that are due to that place
to prevent others from of production
using the trademark May be used by all
producers who make
products designated by
a geographical
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They grant authors, artists and other creators
protection for their literary and artistic creations,
generally referred to as “works”
Related rights are related to copyright that
encompass rights similar or identical to those of
copyright
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Performers (such as actors and musicians) in
their performances
Producers of phonograms (for example,
compact discs) in their sound recordings
Broadcasting organizations in their radio and
television programs
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Novels, poems and plays
Reference works
Newspapers and Advertisements
Computer programs and databases
Films, musical compositions and choreography
Paintings, drawings and photographs
Sculpture, architecture and maps
Technical drawings
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The right holder(s) of a work can authorize or
prohibit:
its reproduction in all forms, including print
form and sound recording
its public performance and communication to
the public
its broadcasting
its translation into other languages
its adaptation, such as from a novel to a
screenplay for a film.
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Established in 1970
International organization dedicated to helping
ensure that the rights of creators and owners of
intellectual property are protected worldwide ,
and that inventors and authors are therefore
recognized and rewarded for their ingenuity
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WIPO is a largely self-financed organization,
generating more than 90 percent of its annual
budget through its widely used international
registration and filing systems, as well as
through its publications and arbitration and
mediation services. The remaining funds come
from contributions by Member States.