Intellectual Property is a type of property that broadly
speaking consists of creations of the mind. Briefly intellectual
property can be further sub classified into patents, copyrights,
trademarks, industrial designs and Geographical indications. Each
of these categories refers to different sets of protection or
rights that can be granted towards respective intellectual
creations. These rights grant the owner the chance to control the
use or selling or production or distribution of the protected item
or process.
Copyright basically refers to protection granted towards
literary or artistic works. Copyrighted work may be denoted by the
symbol "©", this symbol can be placed in or on the
work which has been copyrighted. When we say literary or artistic
work, it basically includes books, music, paintings, video/films,
sculptures, computer programs, databases, advertisements, technical
drawings etc. The protection in terms of copyright gives the owner
a freehand in terms
