Editing Intellectual property right 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Definition </h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><b>Intellectual property (IP) rights</b> are </p> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BQuote%7Cthe%20rights%20awarded%20by%20society%20to%20individuals%20or%20organisations%20principally%20over%20%5B%5Bcreative%20work%5D%5Ds%3A%20%5B%5Binvention%5D%5Ds%2C%20%5B%5Bliterary%20work%7Cliterary%5D%5D%20and%20%5B%5Bartistic%20work%5D%5Ds%2C%20and%20%5B%5Bsymbol%5D%5Ds%2C%20%5B%5Bname%5D%5Ds%2C%20%5B%5Bimage%5D%5Ds%2C%20and%20%5B%5Bdesign%5D%5Ds%20%5B%5Bused%20in%20commerce%5D%5D.%3Cref%3E%5B%5BIntegrating%20Intellectual%20Property%20Rights%20and%20Development%20Policy%5D%5D%2C%20at%2012%20%28Box%201.1%29.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Quote%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%20%22%7D" contenteditable="false" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">​ <table data-rte-style="margin:auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" style="margin:auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote" data-rte-attribs=" style=margin:auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent; class=cquote"> <tr> <td data-rte-style="vertical-align: top; width: 20px; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:10px 10px;" style="vertical-align: top; width: 20px; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:10px 10px;" data-rte-attribs=" width=20 valign=top style=color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:10px 10px; " data-rte-spaces-before="1">“ </td><td data-rte-style="vertical-align: top; padding:4px 10px;" style="vertical-align: top; padding:4px 10px;" data-rte-attribs=" valign=top style=padding:4px 10px; " data-rte-spaces-before="1">the rights awarded by society to individuals or organisations principally over <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22creative%20work%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22creative%20work%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcreative%20work%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Creative_work" title="Creative work">creative works</a>: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22invention%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22invention%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Binvention%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Invention" title="Invention">inventions</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22literary%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22literary%20work%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bliterary%20work%7Cliterary%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Literary_work" title="Literary work" class="mw-redirect">literary</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22artistic%20work%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22artistic%20work%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bartistic%20work%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Artistic_work" title="Artistic work">artistic works</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22symbol%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22symbol%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bsymbol%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbols</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22name%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22name%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bname%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" class="new" title="Name (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmFtZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">names</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bimage%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Image" title="Image">images</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22design%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22design%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bdesign%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Design" title="Design">designs</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22used%20in%20commerce%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22used%20in%20commerce%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bused%20in%20commerce%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Used_in_commerce" title="Used in commerce" class="mw-redirect">used in commerce</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup> </td><td data-rte-style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 20px; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px;" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 20px; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px;" data-rte-attribs=" width=20 valign=bottom style=color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px; " data-rte-spaces-before="1">” </td></tr> </table>​</div> <h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Overview </h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">"They give the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22creator%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22creator%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcreator%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Creator" title="Creator">creator</a> the right to prevent others from making <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22unauthorised%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22unauthorised%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bunauthorised%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Unauthorised" title="Unauthorised" class="mw-redirect">unauthorised</a> use of their property for a limited period. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22IP%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22IP%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIP%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/IP" title="IP">IP</a> is categorised as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Industrial%20Property%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Industrial%20Property%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIndustrial%20Property%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" class="new" title="Industrial Property (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSW5kdXN0cmlhbF9Qcm9wZXJ0eT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Industrial Property</a> (functional commercial <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22innovation%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22innovation%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Binnovation%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Innovation" title="Innovation">innovations</a>), and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Artistic%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Artistic%20work%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BArtistic%20work%7CArtistic%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Artistic_work" title="Artistic work">Artistic</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Literary%20Property%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Literary%20work%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLiterary%20work%7CLiterary%20Property%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Literary_work" title="Literary work" class="mw-redirect">Literary Property</a> (cultural creations). Current <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22technological%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22technological%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Btechnological%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Technological" title="Technological" class="mw-redirect">technological</a> developments are blurring, to some extent, this distinction, and some hybrid <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22sui%20generis%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22sui%20generis%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bsui%20generis%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Sui_generis" title="Sui generis">sui generis</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22system%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22system%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bsystem%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/System" title="System">systems</a> are emerging."<span data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%27%27Id.%27%27%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-1 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%224099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ1e70056438ff5cfb-nowiki-00000004-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%224099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ1e70056438ff5cfb-nowiki-00000005-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-1%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2242%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E2%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2243%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> References </h2> <div data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Creferences%20%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22references%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><ol data-rte-washtml="1" class="references" data-rte-attribs=" class=references"><li data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_note-0" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_note-0"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5Cu2191%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_ref-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_ref-0%7C%5Cu2191%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="#cite_ref-0">↑</a> <span data-rte-washtml="1" class="reference-text" data-rte-attribs=" class=reference-text"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Integrating%20Intellectual%20Property%20Rights%20and%20Development%20Policy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Integrating%20Intellectual%20Property%20Rights%20and%20Development%20Policy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIntegrating%20Intellectual%20Property%20Rights%20and%20Development%20Policy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Integrating_Intellectual_Property_Rights_and_Development_Policy" title="Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy">Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy</a>, at 12 (Box 1.1).</span> </li> <li data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" id="cite_note-1" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_note-1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5Cu2191%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_ref-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_ref-1%7C%5Cu2191%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <span data-rte-washtml="1" class="reference-text" data-rte-attribs=" class=reference-text"><i>Id.</i></span> </li></ol>​</div> <h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> See also </h2> <ul data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Intellectual%20property%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Intellectual%20property%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIntellectual%20property%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="4099-13601845545d7ea1fe47add" href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">Intellectual property</a> </li></ul> 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