What does Intellectual Property refer to?
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights are three types of intellectual property protection. They are different and serve different purposes.
What are Patents?
Patents protect inventions, and improvements to existing inventions.
What are Trademarks?
Trademarks include any
word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination, used, or intended to
be used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one
manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and
to indicate the source of the goods.
What are Service Marks?
Service marks
include any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or
intended to be used, in commerce, to identify and distinguish the
services of one provider from services provided by others, and to
indicate the source of the services.
What are Copyrights?
Copyrights protect literary, artistic, and musical works.
