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• Intellectual Property Rights


  Category of property that include intangible of human intellect
• According to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Intellectual Property Rights


  Refers to creations of the mind such as inventions, literary devices, and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce
• Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

  Administers and implements state policies in relation to intellectual property
• Republic Act 8293


  Defines intellectual property to include copyrights and related rights; trademarks and services marks; geographic indications; industrial designs; layout designs of integrated circuits; and protection of undisclosed information
• Copyrights


  • Use of performance of original works of literature, art, music, drama, or any other form of expression
  • The legal right given to the owner of the original work or intellectual property
  • These "works" are original intellectual creations in the literacy and artistic domain protected from the moment of their creation
• Patents


  • The use, manufacture, or sale of inventions
  • Provide property rights on autonomous inventions
  • Patent laws protect inventors from cases of unauthorized parties producing, using, or selling their inventions
• Trademarks


  • The use of symbols, Words, names, pictures, designs
  • Used by firms to identify products, brands, or services
  • It provides distinctions between products offered by different businesses
• Trade Secrets


  • The privacy of data, documents, formulas, or anything that is to be maintained as confidential information
  • Any valuable information that is not publicly known and which the owner has taken "reasonable" steps to maintain secrecy
  • Critical in the process of ensuring that a business remains competitive and that relevant corporate advantages are preserved
• Plagiarism


  An act of fraud; it involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward
• According to U.S. law, the expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property and is protected by copyright laws, just like original inventions
• Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection if they are recorded in some way (such as a book or a computer file)