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Intellectual Property Section 1 What is IP? IP is a term used to describe the rights which protect your ideas and other forms of intellectual creation. It is made up of a bundle of different rights. Some rights have to be registered to be effective, others arise automatically. IP can be split into 6 main categories as illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1 Patents Copyright Database Rights protect inventions for products or processes. The invention must not have been thought of before, must be inventive and must be capable of industrial application. You have to apply to the Intellectual Property Office to register a patent. Patents last for 20 years. protects items such as written works, diagrams, charts, computer source code, photographs, music or even performances. Copyright arises automatically once your idea/knowledge has been expressed in permanent form. It must have involved some element of creation and skill and not copied (substantially) from elsewhere. protect collections of works or data (e.g. results, samples or patient information) which have been systematically arranged and are accessible electronically or by other means. There is no need to register. IP Know-How Designs Trade Marks is any secret, technical information which is valuable and identifiable, including results, experimental techniques, formulae, chemical structures, source code etc; not strictly a form of IP but equally important. protect 3D objects or designs applied to them, e.g. laboratory equipment or the design of a teapot or the design on wallpaper. They can arise automatically or can be registered with the UK IPO. KELLOGG'S, MARS, ORANGE and iPod are all successful trade marks. Their value lies in the fact that they denote the origin and quality of the products they relate to. Trade marks can arise automatically or can be registered with the Trade Marks Registry at the UK IPO. 4