It is generally understood that IP includes rights relating to the following:
(a) Literary, artistic and scientific works (copyright)
(b) Performances of performing artists, phonograms, and broadcasts (related rights)
(c) Inventions in all fields of human endeavor (industrial property)
(d) Scientific discoveries (industrial property)
(e) Industrial designs (industrial property)
(f) Marks and commercial names and designations (industrial property)
(g) Protection against unfair competition (industrial property)
(h) All other rights resulting from intellectual activity in the industrial,scientific, literary, and artistic fields Intellectual property is sometimes divided into branches. The areas mentioned under (a) belong to the “copyright” branch and under (b) to the “related rights” branch of intellectual property. The areas under (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) constitute the “industrial property” branch of IP.
