A patent is a property right granted by a government to an inventor or an assignee of an inventor one or...
A trademark may include words, names, symbols, sounds, or colors indicate a source of good, services, or...
Eligible works include literary works; musical works; dramatic works; pictorial, graphic and sculptural works...
The “right of publicity” is the right of an individual to control the commercial use of his or her name...
When individuals know that their creative work will be protected and that they can benefit from their labor, they are more likely to continue to produce things that create jobs, develop new technology, make processes more efficient, and create beauty in the world around us. Intellectual property is the area of law that deals with protecting the rights of those who create original works.