A manufacturing license agreement (MLA) is an agreement between an inventor and a manufacturer.

The agreement allows a third party to produce and use the inventor's product for payment in royalties
or a specific lump sum. There are no specific regulations regarding MLAs. Instead, both parties are
free to negotiate the terms and conditions of the agreement in an attempt to get the best deal
possible. The licensor will attempt to get the most money possible for the use of their design, while the
licensee

A patent (/ptnt/ or /petnt/) is a set of exclusive rights granted by asovereign state to an

inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of
an invention. An invention is a solution to a specific technological problem and is a product or a
process.[1]:17Patents are a form of intellectual property.
The procedure for granting patents, requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the
exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international
agreements. Typically, however, a granted patent application must include one or
more claims that define the invention. A patent may include many claims, each of which defines a
specific property right. These claims must meet relevant patentability requirements, such
asnovelty, usefulness, and non-obviousness. The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most
countries is the right to prevent others, or at least to try to prevent others, from commercially
making, using, selling, importing, or distributing a patented invention without permission. [2][3]
The registered trademark symbol () is a symbol that provides notice that the preceding word
or symbol is a trademark or service mark that has been registered with a national trademark
office. A trademark is a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as
representing a company or product.[1][2]Notwithstanding the symbol doesn't meet the threshold of
originality to be protected by copyright because it consists only in a capital letter rounded by a
simple geometric shape, in some countries it is against the law to use the registered trademark
symbol for a mark that is not officially registered in any country.[1]

Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original
work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually only for a limited time. The
exclusive rights are not absolute but limited by limitations and exceptions to copyright law,
including fair use. A major limitation on copyright is that copyright protects only the original
expression of ideas, and not the underlying ideas themselves.[1][2]