The different types of Intellectual Property Rights are:

  1. Patents
  2. Copyrights
  3. Trademarks
  4. Industrial designs
  5. Protection of Integrated Circuits layout design
  6. Geographical indications of goods
  7. Biological diversity
  8. Plant varieties and farmers rights
  9. Undisclosed information

a.   Intellectual Property

  1. Inventions
  2. Trademarks
  3. Industrial design
  4. Geographical indications

b.    Copyright

  1. Writings
  2. Paintings
  3. Musical works
  4. Dramatics works
  5. Audiovisual works
  6. Sound recordings
  7. Photographic works
  8. Broadcast
  9. Sculpture
  10. Drawings
  11. Architectural works

The term intellectual property is usually thought of as comprising four separate legal fields:

  1. Trademarks
  2. Copyrights
  3. Patents
  4. Trade secrets