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A patent is a title that allows those who have created an invention to be able to produce and commercialize this invention exclusively in the State where the patent is granted.
The object of a patent can be innovative products of any type (for example machinery, everyday objects, containers, electronic devices) or methods to obtain a specific product.
The patent for industrial invention has a maximum duration of 20 years from the date of filing of the application and cannot be renewed upon expiry.
A utility model is, like a patent, a title that allows those who have created an innovation to be able to produce and commercialize this invention exclusively in the State where the utility model is granted.
It is possible to protect through the utility model an object (not a procedure) that already exists but that is modified in order to have greater utility or to be easier to use.
The utility model has a maximum duration of 10 years from the date of filing of the application and cannot be renewed upon expiry.
With design or model it is intended the shape of a product or the design that is reproduced on a surface. In order to be able to obtain protection, it is necessary that the shape of the product has an individual character, i.e. it differs from all other known shapes.
Unlike the patent for industrial invention and the utility model, the design or model protects the non-technical aspects of the product. Therefore, the protection offered by the registration of the design or model concerns the external and decorative elements, not the practical and functional aspects of the object.
The rights start from the filing date of the application for registration of the design or model and last for 5 years. At the end of the 5 years, it is possible to renew the design or model for further 5 years up to a maximum of 25 years from the filing date of the registration.
With copyright it is intended the set of rules for the protection of works of creative nature that belong to literature, music, figurative arts, architecture, industrial design, theater and cinema, whatever the manner or form of expression.
The software can be protected by filing a patent application such as an invention implemented using a computer. In this way, the functionality of the software will be protected regardless of the language or programming environment in which the software is run. However, in order for a software to be patentable, it is necessary that the invention implemented by means of the computer constitutes a technical contribution not obvious for the person skilled in the art.
Furthermore, the software can be protected by registering with the SIAE. In this way, it is protected the source code in the language in which the software is written, the object code (i.e. the translation of the program language into bits or machine language) and the preparatory material.
- Prior art searches between patents and designs;
- Study on the freedom of implementation of an invention;
- Provision of copies of patents and designs.