Intellectual Property Information

• What is Intellectual Property (IP)?
• What IP category does my work fall into?
• What are trademarks?
• What Can I trademark?
• What trademarks do not qualify to be registered?
• Which Nice class does my trademark fall in?
• I saw a trademark in the journal that is similar to mine. What do I do?
• What is a Patent?
• What can I Patent?
• What are the conditions for patenting of invention?
• I saw a patent in the journal that is similar to mine. What do I do?
• What is an Industrial Design?
• What can be registered as an Industrial Design?
• What are the conditions for registering a design?
• What is copyright?
• What are the economic rights of a copyright holder?
• What works are covered by copyright?
• How does copyright protect my work?
• How long does my Copyright protection last?
• Someone is using my work without authorisation, help!
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• How do I maintain my Trademarks?
• If I change my trade or business address what should I do?
• If I want to change the name of my entity what should I do?
• My Trademark expired, what do I do?
• How do I change ownership of a trademark?
• How do I maintain my Patent?
• How do I maintain my design?

If you choose not to renew your intellectual property, it falls into the public domain.  This means anyone can then proceed to register and take ownership of your registration.