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Patent - This article relates to the intellectual property concept. A land grant is also called a patent - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: From Wikipedia - A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or substance (known as an invention) which is new, inventive and useful. click here for full text.

Trademark - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: From Wikipedia - A trademark (Commonwealth English: trade mark)[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to set the business and its products or services apart from those of other businesses. A trademark is a type of intellectual property, and in particular, a type of industrial property. click here for full text.

Industrial design rights - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: From Wikipedia - Industrial design rights are intellectual property rights that protect the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian. An industrial design consists of the creation of a shape, configuration or composition of pattern or color, or combination of pattern and color in three dimensional form containing aesthetic value. An industrial design can be a two- or three-dimensional pattern used to produce a product, industrial commodity or handicraft. click here for full text.

Trade secret - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: From Wikipedia - A trade secret is a confidential practice, method, process, design, or other information used by a company to compete with other businesses. It is also referred to in some jurisdictions as confidential information. The concept is that, sometimes, Company A is more successful than Company B, or is successful at all, not so much due to access to markets, resources, or personnel, but due to special knowledge owned by Company A. If others had access to the same knowledge click here for full text.

Trade Secrets - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: From Lott & Friedland, P.A. - Trade secrets exist in almost every business. Under the traditional, common-law definition, they consisted of virtually any information beneficial to the business, developed by the company through the expenditure of time and effort, unknown to others in competing businesses, and which gave an advantage to the company over such competition. click here for full text.

Database rights - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: From Wikipedia - Database rights are a form of exclusive right introduced by European Union Law to those countries which follow EU Law in 1997. In most countries databases are covered by copyright law to some degree, as being a work that shows originality in its selection, coordination and arrangement. The lawmakers of the European Union decided that in order to provide greater protection to collections of information they should have a unified legal protection for databases. click here for full text.

Plant breeders' rights - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: From Wikipedia - Plant breeders' rights, also known as plant variety rights (PVR), are intellectual property rights granted to the breeder of a new variety of plant. These laws typically grant the plant breeder control of the seed of a new variety and the right to collect royalties for a number of years. This guarantees income for the breeder to cover the costs of research and development. The purchase of protected varieties gives farmers the benefits of superior varieties. click here for full text.

Intellectual Property Conservancies - dated: September 6, 2005 - author: David Bearman - Conservancies, which hold real property in trust for public purposes or administer easements restricting future uses of private property, are a successful means of securing public benefits within the system of private property ownership. They have been widely encouraged by governments, through tax regulations. Most of us are generally familiar with the idea that property owners may deed rights or donate easements limiting future development or exploitation to a non-profit organization, while continuing to live on their land or in their historic property. With the increased attention that businesses and individuals are paying to the value of knowledge assets, it should be no surprise the conservancy metaphor is now being extended to intellectual property. click here for full text.

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