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Intellectual property

Intellectual property

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The types of intellectual property rights
Focus on literary and artistic property
Focus on industrial property
Methods for protecting your creations
Infringement
Unfair competition
Protection of a logo: trademark or copyright?
The ©, ™ and ® symbols: how to use them?

Copyright

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Copyright protection and types of creations
‘Neighbouring rights’ to copyright or ‘related rights’
Protection of a text, book, document or any other writing
Protection of a photo or image
Protection of a video or film
Protection of music and songs
Protection of a graphic design
Protection of a plastic art creation
Protection of a handcrafted creation
Protection of a design
Protection of an architecture
Protection of training and teaching materials
Protection of a fashion collection
Protection of choreography
Protection of scientific work
Protection of software
Protection of an application
Protection of a website
Protection of a databases
Protection of a graphic charter
Protection of a video game
Protection of a board game
Protection of a logo
Protection of a recipe

Designs

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General information on designs
Protection of designs: copyright law or specific design law?
Requirements for protection
Registration of designs
Complementarity with other rights
The life of the design after registration

Inventions and prototypes

Inventions and prototypes

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Protection of an invention with Copyright.eu
Protection of an invention with a patent
What is a patent?
What can be patented?
What are the conditions for applying for a patent?
How to obtain protection?
The cost of a patent
The life of a patent

Ideas and concepts

Ideas and concepts

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Securing a concept
Definition of a concept
Concept, a limited protection?
Protection of a concept by alternative means
Unfair competition for the protection of a concept
Examples of well-known cases on concept protection through unfair competition

Trademarks

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Trademark law
What is a trademark?
The legal requirements for trademark validity.
Registering a trademark
Cost of a trademark application
The life of a registered trademark

How the Copyright.eu system works

How the Copyright.eu system works

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Difference between a Deposit and an Express Timestamp
The additional deposits system
Legal force of qualified electronic timestamping compared to others
International validity of the Copyright.eu certificate
Validity period of the Copyright.eu certificate
The Copyright.eu certificates are archived within Arkhinéo, the Electronic Archiving System
Copyright.eu deposits are confidential
Storage limit for files uploaded to Copyright.eu
Uploading files for a Copyright.eu deposit

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