{"id":6635,"date":"2022-08-12T11:35:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T09:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/the-types-of-intellectual-property-rights\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T09:35:56","password":"","slug":"the-types-of-intellectual-property-rights","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/docs\/the-types-of-intellectual-property-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"The types of intellectual property rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"slds-rich-text-editor__output uiOutputRichText forceOutputRichText\" dir=\"ltr\" data-aura-rendered-by=\"11:174;a\" data-aura-class=\"uiOutputRichText forceOutputRichText\">\n<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"12:174;a\">Intellectual property law concerns the exclusive rights conferred to an individual for a certain period over an <b>intellectual creation<\/b>: this can range from writing a book to inventing a new aircraft engine. This law concerns both <b>creators<\/b> in the artistic sense and <b>inventors<\/b> in industry. It deals with the acquisition, exploitation, or limitation of the right it confers.<br \/>\nHowever, the objective of protection is different depending on the category of intellectual property rights concerned. Indeed, there are <b>two branches<\/b>: 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/focus-sur-la-propriete-litteraire-et-artistique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>literary and artistic property<\/b><\/a> and 2) <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/focus-sur-la-propriete-industrielle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">industrial property<\/a><\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>Some of these rights are acquired through a <b>filing<\/b> subject to examination with a national, European or international institution (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/proteger-une-invention-avec-le-brevet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patents<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/le-droit-des-marques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademarks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/generalites-sur-les-dessins-et-modeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designs<\/a>), others sometimes by <b>use<\/b> (e.g. trade name, sign), and others by simple <b>registration with registries<\/b> (e.g. domain names).<\/p>\n<p>In any case, whether you are a graphic designer, writer, illustrator, or inventor, it is always worthwhile to build up proof that you owned the creation at a specific date, and therefore before anyone else who might want to dispute it later. Therefore, it is important to obtain <b>proof of anteriority<\/b>, such as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/depot-copyright-en-ligne\/fonctionnement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copyright.eu certificate<\/a>, even well before any filing with an institution and throughout the creative process.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, intellectual property governs the life of creations in <b>vast fields<\/b>, ranging from literature to applied science. It is separated into two branches, <b>literary and artistic property, and industrial property.<\/b> Its noble objective is to <b>encourage and reward<\/b> creation or innovation while balancing the general interest for accessibility or use by others through its <b>limitations<\/b>. The formalities for obtaining these rights will depend on their nature (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/le-droit-des-marques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/proteger-une-invention-avec-le-brevet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patent<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/protection-par-le-droit-dauteur-et-types-de-creations\/\">copyright<\/a>, etc.), however, there is a strong interest in obtaining <b>proof of anteriority<\/b> for an intellectual work or an invention, such as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/depot-copyright-en-ligne\/fonctionnement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copyright.eu certificate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the course of its activity, a company exploits trademarks for its products and services, a trade name, a technical innovation, a logo, a domain name, etc. Rights are created over these creations, which are covered by intellectual property law. Some are acquired automatically by creation, others require registration with a specialised institution. This article helps to identify these different rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[337],"doc_tag":[300],"class_list":["post-6635","docs","type-docs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","doc_category-intellectual-property","doc_tag-intellectual-property"],"year_month":"2026-09","word_count":295,"total_views":"1219","reactions":{"happy":"1","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Florian","author_nicename":"florian","author_url":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/author\/florian\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Intellectual property","term_url":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/docs-category\/intellectual-property\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"intellectual property","term_url":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/docs-tag\/intellectual-property\/"}],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=6635"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=6635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}