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Intellectual Property –
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some basic definitions: World Intellectual Property Organization at :
Intellectual
Intellectual Property for Business
Patent: A patent is an exclusive right granted for an Address :
invention, which is a product or a process that 34, Chemin des Colombettes In the increasingly knowledge-driven economy,
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Property
provides a new way of doing something, or offers a intellectual property (IP) is a key consideration in
new technical solution to a problem. A patent CH-1211 Geneva 20
day-to-day business decisions. New products,
provides protection for the invention to the owner of Switzerland
brands and creative designs appear almost daily
the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years. Telephone :
on the market and are the result of continuous
Trademark: A trademark or brand-name is a
distinctive sign which identifies certain goods or
services as those produced or provided by a specific
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and human innovation and creativity. Small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often the
person or enterprise. The period of protection for a
trademark varies, but can generally be renewed or its SMEs Division : Small and driving force behind such innovations. Their
innovative and creative capacity, however, is not
always fully exploited as many SMEs are not
Medium-Sized
indefinitely.
Director :
Industrial Design: An industrial design – or simply a aware of the intellectual property system or the
Guriqbal Singh Jaiya
design – is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an protection it can provide for their inventions,
guriqbal.jaiya@wipo.int
article produced by industry or handicraft; registration
and renewals provide protection for, in most cases,
up to 15 years.
Fax :
+41 22 338 8760 Enterprises
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
brands, and designs.