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It preserves the expression of ideas like artistic work. Artistic work involves work related to books, paintings, music, and computer Programme. Copyright protection benefits in excluding others from using the work.
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Trademark preserves any word, symbol, a design that recognizes business and differentiates the brand from others.
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The patent guards the invention of the inventor and provides an exclusive right to the inventor over his/her invention and it also eliminates others from using the invention.
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Novel works of authorship like books, articles, songs, photographs, paintings, choreography, sound recordings, motion pictures, etc.
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Any word, logo, symbol, mark, phrase that differentiates goods of one party from another.
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Features of shape, configuration, pattern, and ornament, the form of lines, color or blend thereof applied to each article.
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Indian Copyright Act, 1957
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Requirements of Registration
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The work must be original, creative, and must be able of fixing in the tangible form.
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The marks need to be unique.
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The design needs to be original and must be referred to the article by any industrial process.
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Others are not permitted to copy the work without the permission of the creator.
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Stop others from using the same logo/symbol.
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Stop others from using the invention without the permission
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The validity time in copyright is 60 years.
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The validity time in the trademark is 10 years.
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The validity time in the patent is 20 years.
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The right to control the reproduction, creating of copied works, distribution, and public performance and shows of the copyrighted works.
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Rights to apply the mark and stop any 3rd person from using the deceptively same mark.
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Right to stop others from producing, selling using, or importing the patented invention.
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