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Intellectual Property Rights Overview

The document discusses different types of intellectual property protections including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and utility models. Copyrights protect creative works from copying and have a low examination standard. Trademarks protect slogans and logos and have indefinite protection. Patents protect ideas and have high examination standards but only short-term protection. Utility models have a lower examination standard than patents and protect for 10 years. The document also briefly mentions considering objectives, resources, and forms of intellectual property for business, as well as elements of contracting including work product descriptions and intellectual property ownership.

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Intellectual Property Rights Overview

The document discusses different types of intellectual property protections including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and utility models. Copyrights protect creative works from copying and have a low examination standard. Trademarks protect slogans and logos and have indefinite protection. Patents protect ideas and have high examination standards but only short-term protection. Utility models have a lower examination standard than patents and protect for 10 years. The document also briefly mentions considering objectives, resources, and forms of intellectual property for business, as well as elements of contracting including work product descriptions and intellectual property ownership.

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Intellectual Property Rights

CIPIT
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Protection 101
Copyrights Trademarks Patents Utility Model

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Protection 101
Copyrights Trademarks Patents Utility Model Creative works
Paintings, music, books, sculpture, photos, computer software, images

Protects against copying the representation, not the idea Low standard of examination Very long term 1000 KShs, 1-2 weeks (cheap and fast)
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Protection 101
Copyrights Trademarks Patents Utility Model Protects slogans, logos, product names, indications of origin Protects against misleading or confusing use Indefinite protection 10,000-15,000 Kshs, 1-2 months

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Protection 101
Copyrights Trademarks Patents Utility Model Protects ideas, regardless of implementation Very high standard of examination Short term protection (17 yrs) 15,000 KShs filing fees, 2+ years (expensive and slow)

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Protection 101
Copyrights Trademarks Patents Utility Model Same application process as patents Lower examination standard Less coverage (10 yrs) More ideal for apps

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IP in Business
Consider Objectives The form of IP Resources available

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Contracting
Description of the work product Scope of Confidentiality requirements Exclusivity clauses Ownership of Source Code Ownership of Intellectual Property

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