A patent grants you the monopoly right to produce something or use a piece of innovation. This could be a new product or process. To keep the patent you must pay annual renewal fees up to and including the fourth year of the patents life. The registered designs and design right protect the appearance of a product regarding its shape or surface pattern. 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.