| What’s Protected? Original works like books, articles, songs, photos, sculptures, choreography, recordings, movies, and more. Inventions like processes, machines, products, and improvements to them. Words, phrases, symbols, or designs that distinguish one party's goods from others Aesthetic appearance of a tangible products | Inventions like processes, machines, products, and improvements to them. | What’s Protected? Original works like books, articles, songs, photos, sculptures, choreography, recordings, movies, and more. Inventions like processes, machines, products, and improvements to them. Words, phrases, symbols, or designs that distinguish one party's goods from others Aesthetic appearance of a tangible products | What’s Protected? Original works like books, articles, songs, photos, sculptures, choreography, recordings, movies, and more. Inventions like processes, machines, products, and improvements to them. Words, phrases, symbols, or designs that distinguish one party's goods from others Aesthetic appearance of a tangible products |
| Works must be original, creative, and fixed in a tangible form or digital form on a computer. | Requirements Works must be original, creative, and fixed in a tangible form or digital form on a computer. Inventions must be new, useful, and not obvious. Marks must be unique and able to identify the source of goods and services. Designs must be new and have individual character. | Marks must be unique and able to identify the source of goods and services. | Requirements Works must be original, creative, and fixed in a tangible form or digital form on a computer. Inventions must be new, useful, and not obvious. Marks must be unique and able to identify the source of goods and services. Designs must be new and have individual character. |
| Control over reproducing, creating new works, distributing, and publicly displaying copyrighted works. | Rights to stop others from making, selling, or using the patented invention. | Right to use the mark and stop others from using similar marks that could cause confusion about where goods/servicescome from. | Exclusive rights to use the design and prevent others from using it without permission. |