| TYPES | TRADEMARKS | PATENTS | COPYRIGHT | DESIGN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIGHTS PROTECTED | Rights Conferred to - Use a particular mark, which may be a name, logo, slogan, sound mark, used to identify and distinguish goods or services of one business from others. | Rights Conferred - In respect of a new invention to manufacture the product patented or use the process patented | Rights Conferred - In respect of original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, cinematograph film and records | Rights Conferred - In respect of a new, original design. The design should not have been published any where in India. |
| TIME PERIOD | In India, the initial registration of a trademark provides protection for a period of 10 years from the date of application. After the initial 10-year term, trademark owners have the option to renew the trademark indefinitely in successive blocks of 10 years each. | In India, the time period for a patent is typically 20 years from the date of filing. This duration applies to both utility patents, which cover new inventions and functional aspects, and design patents, which protect ornamental designs of an article. | The time period for copyright protection in India is generally the lifetime of the author/creator plus an additional 60 years from the year following their death. However, for cinematographic films and sound recordings, the duration is 60 years from the year of publication. | In India, the time period for design protection is 15 years from the date of registration. Design patents in India provide exclusive rights to the appearance and aesthetics of a product or article for this duration. |
| WHO CAN REGISTER ? | Proprietor of the trademark and application may be made in the name of an individual, partners of a Firm, Corporation, Government department or Trust | Actual inventor or an assignee of the right to make an application or legal representative of either | The author or publisher of, or other person interested in the coyright in any work | Proprietor of Design and application may be made by author of the design, any person who has obtained design from author for good consideration |
| REMEDY FOR INFRINGEMENT | Injunction, Damages, Accounts of profits | Injunction, Damages, Accounts of Profits | Civil, Criminal, Administrative | Damages, injunctions, account of profits |
