INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY summary

Intellectual property is everything what someone wrote, created art or music or invented new technologies and trademarks too. It can not be copied illegally, so intellectual property is protected by copyrights and patents. A patent protects from copying new discoveries and scientific processes. Computer programs,literature,radio and television broadcasts are protected by copyrights. The ownership of intellectual property must be clear,but he or she can pass this right to someone else.Universal Copyright Convention,the Bern Convention and the Patent Corporation Treaty are established to enforce intellectual property law internationally. Illegal infringement of copyrihgts or patent can be criminal offense and people can be issued civil or criminal case.