INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY

“Know Your Rights”

What is “Intellectual Property”?

Intellectual Property is a property

that arises from the human
intellect. It is a product of human
creation.
Intellectual Property comprises 2
distinct forms:
* Literary & Artistic Works
* Industrial Property
“Intellectual Property shall include the rights relating
to
 literary, artistic and scientific works,
 performances of performing artists, phonograms,
and broadcasts,
 inventions in all fields of human Endeavour
 scientific discoveries
 Industrial designs
 trademarks, service marks and commercial names
and designations
 protection against unfair competition
and all other rights resulting from intellectual
activity in the industrial, scientific, literary or artistic
fields.”
Types of IPR

Patents

Copy Rights

Trade Marks

Industrial Designs

Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

Geographical Indications

Trade Secrets

Plant Varieties
 1. PATENT

Apatent is an exclusive right

granted by the government to
the original investor or
developer or researcher of an
invention , which prohibits
others from making, using or
selling that invention.
 What can be patented?
 Utility: process (method), machine, manufacture,
or composition

 Design: ornamental design for an object

 Plant: new variety

OR
 Any new and useful improvement
Tata's seek patent security for Nano against copycats

 MUMBAI: Tata Motors has applied for

patent protection for over 37 inventions
and innovations linked to its high-profile
affordable car, Nano, in an aggressive
move to protect the brand against
imitation in the ultra-competitive car
industry. It is also close to filing intellectual
property rights (IPRs) claims for Nano in
overseas markets, company officials said.
 The company has used a number of new
concepts and ideas to develop this vehicle
and patents will help in protecting some of
its innovative ideas, according to officials
close to the development
 Patent Holders In INDIA
 The list of top 10 patents holders in
India comprises only pharmaceutical
and bio-tech companies.
 In India, 184 patents are held by the
Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research, followed by ‘Ranbaxy’
 While the top 10 patents holders
across the world are IT companies.
Youngest Patent-holder on wheelchair

 JAIPUR: Drawing
inspiration from
scientist
Stephen Hawking, a
wheelchair-bound nine-
year-old boy here has
invented a game of six-
player circular chess.
The boy, Hridayeshwar
Singh Bhati has got the
game's design patented
in his name.
What Does a Patent look Like?
 Trademarks
 Trademark:
 A symbol, logo, word, sound, color,
design, or other device that is used to
identify a business or a product in
commerce.
 Different Symbols are :

™ Intent to use application filed for product

SM
Intent to use application filed for services
® Registered trademark
™ SM
Applicability Of Trademark
A trademark is a sign Used on, or
in connection with the marketing
of goods or services.
 “Used on” the goods means that
it may appear not only on the
goods themselves but on the
container or wrapper in which
the goods are when they are sold.
Trademarks

Name

Logotype

Symbol

Slogan

Shape

Color
 Copyright

Copy rights are set of exclusive

rights granted by law to the
creators and producers of
forms of creative expressions
such as literary, musical and
cinematographic works.
What is covered by copyright?
Literary Films Dramatic

Musical Artistic Sound Recording

What is not covered by copyright?

 Ideas
 Facts
 Recipes
 Works lacking originality (e.g. The phone book)
 Names, titles or short phrases
Industrial designs

‘A design refers to the features of

shape, configuration, pattern,
ornamentation or composition of
lines or colors applied to any
article, in two or three
dimensional (or both) forms’.
Layout design of Integrated Circuits

It refers to specific manner in

which transistors and other
circuitry elements of an
integrated circuit are layout in
semiconductor IC and includes
lead wires connecting such
elements
Geographical indicators

 Geographical indication is an indication

originating from a definite geographical
territory and used to identify agricultural,
natural or manufactured goods. The
manufactured goods should be produced or
processed or prepared in that territory. It
should have a special quality or reputation or
other characteristics
Gadwal / Pochampalli/
Kanchipuram silk sarees, Nirmal
paintings, Banginapalli
/Alphonso Mango, Darjeeling
Tea, Kolhapuri Chappal, Solapur
Chaddar, Tirupati Laddu, Nagpur
Orange, Bikaneri bhujia.
PLANT VARIETIES

These are legal rights granted

by the government for
protection of plant varieties,
rights of farmers and plant
breeders
Indian Bt. Brinjal
Trade secrets

Trade secret refer to

proprietary information
having commercial
application and value.
The Google Search Algorithm
Google developed a search algorithm and continues to
refine it. Some changes are announced but many are
not. Google continues to modify its top secret
algorithm to keep businesses and people from gaming
the system.
It is the top search engine today and shows no signs of
giving up its place.
 Formula of coca cola
 Kentucky Fried Chicken
 The secret ingredients for KFC's original recipe
were originally kept in Colonel Sanders' head.
He eventually wrote the recipe down, and the
original handwritten copy is in a safe in
Kentucky. Only a few select employees know
the recipe, and they are bound by a
confidentiality agreement.
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