Intellectual property is a work created by people and is saved from copying. The main types of intellectual property are patents and copyrights.
Copyrights protect the work when the work cannot be patented. The creator of the work owns a copyright.
Nowadays laws make people to pay for copying, but do not prevent from copying. The Universal Copyright Convention, the Bern Convention and the Patent Corporation Treaty are international conventions organized in order to enforce intellectual property law internationally. Intellectual property laws require asking permission from the owner of the patent or copyright when people want to copy works. A play, a television program, a tape recording can be recorded only for private purposes.
A trademark is a symbol, used by companies in order to sell products. Law helps companies to keep trade secrets confidential, but puts some limits upon the measure.
To infringe a copyright is an offence and the offender can be forced to pay fine or can be sentenced to imprisonment.
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