Protecting your innovation
The most powerful form of protection for companies involved in inventing, designing and developing new products or technologies is patent protection. Patents can protect the technical concept behind a product or technology.
In legal terms, a patent grants a monopoly to an entity (which may be an individual or a company), which allows them to stop others from using their inventions for a limited period of time.
Types of Protection
Design Registration
Design registration provides registered protection for how a product looks or appears. Unlike patents, registered designs do not cover technical concepts or ideas.
Trade Marks
Trade Marks help to protect a name or brand from misuse by third parties. Trade Marks can be used to protect words, slogans, logos and even distinctive packaging.
Copyright
Copyright law grants exclusive rights for use and distribution of original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works to the creator of the work, so does not relate directly to the development of new products or technologies.
Patents
The patent document shows how the invention works in the form of a description and drawings as well as defining the scope of the monopoly granted in the form of the claims.
