1. Patent Definition.

2. Rules of Patent.
3. Importance of Patent.
4. Copy rights definition.
5. Importance of Copyrights.
Definition

A patent is an exclusive right granted by a

country to an inventor, allowing the inventor
to exclude others from making, using or
selling his or her invention in that country
during the life of the patent. 
To be patentable, an invention must be:
Statutory subject matter
Useful
Novel
Non-obvious
Enabled
Importance:

The right to exclude others from making, using,

selling, offering to sell, or importing an invention
as set out in the claims.

Allowed to claim broader than the physical

embodiment - protecting the idea, not the
embodiment.
Definition

Legal right giving exclusive rights for a limited

time within a territory to creative works of
authorship fixed in any tangible medium of
expression.
Importance:
Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are
fixed in a tangible form of expression. Original meaning
not copied and more than trivial variation.

Right to prevent others from copying, selling, displaying,

performing or making derivatives. Protects the authors
expression

Copyrights have become important for technology

companies, movie studios and software's. Often,
Copyright is the only viable way to protect the
software. It is the easiest, cheapest and quickest to
obtain.