Copyright is a property right that exists in original copyright works.  This property right is a type of intellectual property.

Copyright work includes:

• literary works e.g. emails, novels, lyrics, tables and compilations, computer programmes;
• dramatic works e.g. scripts;
• musical works e.g. sheet music;
• artistic works e.g. photos, diagrams, drawings, sculptures, maps, paintings;
• sound recordings (as separate from the music works);
• films (as separate from the musical works and script);
• communication works e.g. broadcasts on tv, radio or internet; and
• typographical arrangements of published editions e.g. the layout of several ...

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Patent protection is a type of intellectual property.

The aim of the patent regime is to provide protection by a system of registration that grants a limited-term monopoly for inventions; to provide the owner with an exclusive right to commercially exploit the invention for a period of up to 20 years, and provide protection against copying and independent creation.  The underlying rationale is that providing such protection encourages innovation and economic growth, in exchange for full disclosure of the invention and ...

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