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Legal right granted to creators of literary or artistic works.

Exclusive right granted to inventors for new, inventive, and useful products or processes.

Sign used to distinguish goods/services of a business.

Must be new, involve an inventive step, and be industrially applicable in any technical area.

Exclusive rights granted by a patent last 20 years.

Patents are created by registration with the Intellectual Property Office, not by invention alone.

A degree of novelty or advancement over existing technologies (not just a simple variation).

Patents can be granted for products, processes, and improvements to either of those.

Trademarks indicate ownership, guarantee quality, and advertise the product.

Trademarks are created through use and/or registration with the Intellectual Property Office.

Marks that are generic, immoral, or too similar to existing marks cannot be registered.

Marks consisting of combinations of colors, shapes, and drawings can be registered for protection.

Marks that are generic, deceptive, or disparaging or those that mimic national symbols cannot be registered.

Trademarks have a term (duration), which can be renewed indefinitely.

Trademarks protect the manufacturer's brand and its unique characteristics.

Trademarks are used to indicate source, guarantee quality, and promote products.

Unauthorized use of a trademark, confusing consumers about the goods' source.

Key issue in trademark cases; whether consumers might mistake one product for another.

Passing off one's goods as another's, misleading consumers.

Prerequisite for a trademark infringement action; proof of ownership needed.

Not necessary for trademark infringement, unlike unfair competition.

Fraudulent intent is needed and important to claim unfair competition.

Protection for 10 years, renewable for further 10-year periods.

Requires analyzing mark resemblance, goods' similarity, potential impact on buyers.

Copyright protection for original and derivative works lasts for the author's lifetime plus 30 years.

Copyright protects translations, adaptations, and other altered versions of original works; and collections of works based on original selection, coordination or arrangement.

The person whose name is on a work is assumed to be the author, unless proven otherwise, in the case of literary and audio-visual works.

Copyright holders have exclusive rights to reproduce, adapt, and publicize their work; with some exceptions.

Copyright protection is granted only by specific laws and regulations, not inherent.

To hold copyright, one must be the original creator.

Creators must produce their work independently, by their skill and efforts, without imitation of others.

Copyright only covers the creations of a creator.

The owner of a registered trademark can sue for damages from someone using it improperly. Damage can be the profit the owner would have made if the infringer didn't exist or the profit the infringer made.

A person who uses a trademark before the registration date, without intent to harm, isn't subject to the registered trademark owner's rights.

If an infringer is just printing for others, the registered trademark owner can only stop them from continuing, not get damages.

A legal right granted to the creator of literary and artistic works.

Covers literary, scientific, and artistic works. Examples include books, music, film, and computer programs.

Protection period is usually the author's life plus a certain number of years after death.

A work produced from the original mind.

The specific period of legal protection granted to the creator of a copyright work.

Copyright infringement happens when someone uses a copyrighted work without permission, considering the use's nature, portion used, and market impact.

Infringement doesn't need to copy the whole work. If a significant portion is taken and harms the original work's value, there's infringement.

Infringers can be stopped (injunction), made to pay damages (actual, and profits) and forced to provide evidence of sales/activity.

Copyright infringement is determined by factors including the purpose of the use, substantiality of the portion used from the whole copyrighted work and the effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Infringement occurs when someone takes action without permission, impacting the exclusive rights of the copyright holder.