Intellectual property law is referring to the area of law which concerns legal right of the intellectual property owner. This legal right must associated with creative effort or commercial reputation and goodwill. The subject matter of intellectual property is very wide and includes but not limited to literary and artistic works, films, computer programs, invention, designs and marks used by traders for their goods or services.
Basically, the law deters others from copying or taking unfair advantage of the works or reputation of another and provides remedies should this happen. There are several different forms of rights or areas of law giving rise to rights that together make up intellectual property. They are:
- copyright;
- rights in performance;
- the law of confidence;
- patents;
- passing off;
- unregistered design rights;
- registered designs;
- trademarks.
This list is not exhaustive and there are other rights, for example the rights associated with plant and seed varieties protection.
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