{"id":6637,"date":"2022-08-12T11:56:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T09:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/focus-on-industrial-property\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T09:58:06","password":"","slug":"focus-on-industrial-property","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/en\/docs\/focus-on-industrial-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on industrial property"},"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><span data-aura-rendered-by=\"12:174;a\">It concerns creations related to industry and commerce, i.e., <b>inventions and utilitarian works.<\/b> It can also be divided into two categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-aura-rendered-by=\"12:174;a\">\n<li>Rights concerning <b>distinctive signs<\/b>: this includes <b>trademarks<\/b><b> <\/b>(to distinguish a company&rsquo;s products and services, see our sections on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/le-droit-des-marques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademark law<\/a>), <b>geographical indications<\/b> (to identify the origin of a product in relation to its quality and location), <b>company names, trade names and signs<\/b><u> <\/u>(to distinguish a company) and <b>domain names<\/b> (to distinguish a person&rsquo;s or company&rsquo;s website). Their specific purpose is to protect competition and consumers while conferring a limited monopoly to the right holder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-aura-rendered-by=\"12:174;a\"><\/div>\n<ul data-aura-rendered-by=\"12:174;a\">\n<li>Rights concerning <b>innovations<\/b>: these include <b>patents<\/b> (for inventions, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/proteger-une-invention-avec-le-brevet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00ab\u00a0What is a patent? \u00a0\u00bb article<\/a>), <b>plant variety rights<\/b> (for new varieties of a plant), <b>designs <\/b>for aesthetic and ornamental innovation of a product (see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.eu\/docs\/generalites-sur-les-dessins-et-modeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00ab\u00a0General information on designs\u00a0\u00bb article<\/a>), <b>), trade secrets<\/b>, <b>semiconductor topographies<\/b> (to protect the design of electrical chips, a semiconductor or microprocessor product).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term \u00ab\u00a0industrial property\u00a0\u00bb covers a variety of widely used intellectual property rights. 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