Registered designs exist for up to 25 years. Trademarks are the signs, which distinguish the goods and services of one trader from another. They ensure that only the owner of the trademark or one of its licensees can sell the product under that mark. Initially they last for 10 years and can be renewed indefinitely. Copyright gives you the rights as a creator of original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work to any fees earned from them.
Owners have to prove that they created the work.
Copyright enables the originators of work to reap the rewards of their efforts. Without copyright, creative individuals might not put their energies into developing their skills. The different types of intellectual assets can be used together to offer a high degree of protection. Protecting right across geographical and political boundaries poses some very difficult problems for companies to resolve. Various United Nations agencies are currently engaged in trying to agree on a set of principles that will be applicable to the main trading blocks.