Intellectual Property Rights
may be defined as ―information with a
commercial value‖. IPR have been characterized as a composite of ―ideas,
inventions and creative expression ― along with Public Willingness to bestow
the status of property ― on them and give their owners the right to exclude others
from access to , or use of, protected subject matter‖.
The Uruguay Agreement on TRIPs covers seven intellectual properties, viz,
1. Copyright and related right
2. Trade marks
3. Geographical indications
4. Industrial design
5. Patents
6. Layout design of integrated circuits
7. Undisclosed information
Copyright and related rights, the agreement require compliance with the
provision of Berne Convention. Some of a few IPR are given below.
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