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Patent

According to Indian Patent Act, 1970 - Patent means any invention granted under Act which is a new product or process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application. New Invention as any invention or technology which has not been anticipated by publication in any document or used in the country or elsewhere in the world before the date of filing of patent application with complete specification. “Inventive step” is a feature of an invention that involves technical advance as compared to the existing knowledge or having economic significance or both and that makes the invention not obvious to a person skilled in the art. Capable of Industrial application means that the invention is capable of being made or used in an industry.

Trademark

Trademark means a mark capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one person from those of others and may include shape of goods, their packaging and combination of colours.

According to Section 2(m) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, “mark” includes a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral, shape of goods, packaging or combination of colours or any combination thereof.

Industrial Design

Industrial designs as category of intellectual property law refers only to the aesthetic/ornamental aspects of a product which becomes integral part of any article. A design patent protects how an object looks (external appearance). A design which has functional attributes cannot be registered.

Design may consist of three dimensional features, such as the shape of an article, or two dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or colour or combination of one or more such features.

Copyright

Copyright (or author’s right) is as category of Intellectual Property law used to describe the rights that creators have over their artistic works and literary. Under section 13 of the Copyright Act 1957, copyright protection is conferred on literary works, dramatic works, musical works, artistic works, cinematograph films and sound recording. For example, books, computer programs are protected under the Act as literary works.