Intellectual property refers to creations of
the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works,
and symbols, names, images, and designs used in
commerce.
Intellectual property is divided into two categories:
Industrial property, which includes inventions
(patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and
geographic indications of source; and Copyright,
which includes literary and artistic works such
as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works,
artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs
and sculptures, and architectural designs. Rights
related to copyright include those of performing
artists in their performances, producers of phonograms
in their recordings, and those of broadcasters
in their radio and television programs.
A broad introduction to intellectual property
is available in the WIPO publication WIPO Intellectual
Property Handbook: Policy, Law and Use. A summary
of intellectual property legislation in member
States, as well as contact information, etc.,
is available in the WIPO Guide to Intellectual
Property Worldwide.
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