What Intellectual Property rights and protections are available for inventors, authors, creators and users of a mark?
Utility and Design Patents allow the inventor to exclude others from making, using, selling or importing any infringing items for up to 20 years without the inventor’s permission. These rights prevent others from patenting an obvious variation of the invention. They also allow the Patent holder to sell, assign or license the Patent on their invention. This gives the inventor the opportunity to produce and market the invention himself, or license others to do so, and to make a profit. Copyrights allow the author, creator or artist to prevent the unauthorized copying, public exhibiting, projection, transmission, reproduction or performance of their work and any derivative thereof. The creator of a visual art also gain the right to paternity (to put their name on it) and the right to integrity (prevent its destruction or modification). Trademarks and Servicemarks allow the holder of the Mark to prevent others from using the Mark and from obtaining another Mark that is similar enough to th
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