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Copyright

Copyright (©) is the right you obtain when you create a literary or artistic work. This may include, for example, music, text, images, applied art, or film.
Copyright gives you the exclusive right to make copies of the work, and to make the work available to the public. It also gives the owner non-profit rights, i.e. the right to be named as good practice dictates and the right to intervene against infringing use.

Copyright cannot be registered, but must be determined by Court of Law.

  • Design rights protect the appearance of a product, such as its shape, pattern, or colour.

  • Copyright protects the creative expression, such as text, illustrations, photographs, and music.

Design rights must be registered. Copyright arises automatically when you create something original.