Other protection. Intellectual Property (IP) covers a wide range of subjects and you may find that you can protect your idea by another right. Companies House Companies House deal with the registration and provision of company information. Company Names Tribunal The Tribunal adjudicates in disputes about opportunistic company name registrations. Conditional access technology For encrypted broadcasts and transmissions, you may need authority to produce decoding apparatus and equipment. Copy protection devices Copyright owners may choose to use technical measures to protect their material. Confidentiality agreements (CDAs) CDAs (also known as non-disclosure agreements) can be used to protect know-how or trade secrets Database right In addition to or instead of copyright protection, a database may be protected by the 'database right'.
Design right United Kingdom (UK) Design Right and Community Design Right may give automatic protection for the look of your product. Plant breeders rights Publication right Protection abroad. Copyright. Copyright protects written, theatrical, musical and artistic works as well as film, book layouts, sound recordings, and broadcasts. Copyright is an automatic right, which means you don't have to apply for it. About copyright Here you'll find information on the benefits of copyright protection and what an owner's exclusive economic rights are.
Copyright applies to... Copyright applies to all sorts of written and recorded materials from software and the internet to drawings and photography. Ownership of copyright works Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created as this section explains. Other people's copyright works You will normally need permission to use someone else's copyright work but in certain very specific situations you may not. Copyright works are protected across most mediums - so if they're protected in one, they're probably protected in others. Fast Facts Copyright doesn't protect ideas. Take the Copyright quiz! Designs. Trade marks. Patents.