IP, Copyright, Design Rights & Novation

Question 1

IP deals with

Answer 1

• Names of products or brands
• Inventions
• The design or look of products
• Things made, written or produced

Question 2

Copyright

Answer 2

• applies to work that is recorded, literary, artistic, musical, dramatic, films
• gives author specific rights in relation to the work
• prohibits unauthorised action and allows author to take legal action
• immediate protection available via online copyright registration facility

Question 3

Trademark

Answer 3

• name, word, slogan, design, symbol identifying a product or organisation
• registered at national or territory level, must be trademarked in individual countries
• takes 6-18 months to process

Question 4

Design Rights

Answer 4

• what is a design, who owns the rights to that design
• appearance: shape, texture, colour, materials, contours, ornamentation
• to qualify, must be different from any existing design
• creator of the design owns the rights unless

Question 5

Patents

Answer 5

• form of right granted by the government to the inventor, right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, importing for a period of time
• invention is a solution to a specific technical problem
• has to be novel, i.e. not new and not obvious
• needs to have industrial applicability