copyright, patent and trademark

Copyright	Patents	Trademark
	copyright	Patents	'      Trademarks
What’s Protected?	Original works of authorship, such as books, articles, songs, photographs, sculptures, choreography, sound recordings, motion pictures, and other works	Inventions, such as processes, machines, manufactures, compositions of matter as well as improvements to these	Any word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others
Requirements to be Protected	A work must be original, creative and fixed in a tangible medium	An invention must be new, useful and nonobvious	A mark must be distinctive (i.e., that is, it must be capable of identifying the source of a particular good)
Term of Protection	Author’s life plus 70 more years.	20 years	For as long as the mark is used in commerce
Rights Granted	Right to control the reproduction, making of derivative works, distribution and public performance and display of the copyrighted works	Right to prevent others from making, selling using or importing the patented invention	Right to use the mark and to prevent others from using similar marks in a way that would cause a likelihood-of-confusion about the origin of the goods or services.