Showing posts with label automatic protection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label automatic protection. Show all posts

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Isle of Man: Protecting Your Ideas: Intellectual Property Rights In The Isle of Man; Mondaq, August 17, 2017

Adam Kelly, Mondaq; Isle of Man: Protecting Your Ideas: Intellectual Property Rights In The Isle of Man

"Types of IP Protection

The type of protection you can get depends on what you've created.

1. Automatic Protection

Copyright and database rights: Writing and literary works, art, photography, films, TV, music, web content, sound recordings and computer programs

Design right: Shapes of manufactured objects.

These rights arise automatically and the duration of copyright depends on the subject matter.

2. Protection you have to apply for

Patents: Inventions and products, eg machines and machine parts, tools, medicines.

Registered designs: Appearance of a product including, shape, packaging, patterns, colours, decoration.

Trade marks: Product names, logos, jingles.

These types of IP can be expensive and may take time depending on complexity. However, their importance should not be overlooked."