Definition overview
1 Definition
The result of an individual's intellectual endeavours that is capable of being protected by legal rights. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- inventions and discoveries in relation to new products and processes that can be protected by a patent;
- Copyright in Teaching Materials;
- other works in which Copyright subsists including literary works (including computer programs), dramatic works, musical works, artistic works, films, sound recordings, broadcasts, published editions and certain types of performances;
- industrial designs, which protect the shape, configuration, pattern or ornamentation of a product, that is, what gives a product a unique appearance;
- plant breeders' rights, which protect varieties of plants and trees;
- trademarks, which protect the branding, reputation and goodwill of products and services;
- circuit layout rights, which protect the layout plans or designs of electronic components in integrated circuits, computer chips, or semi-conductors used in personal computers and computer-reliant equipment; and
- trade secrets and know-how, that is, knowledge about products, processes, and inventions and discoveries:
- prior to the time they are incorporated into a publication or become the subject of a patent or design application; or
- which are never made the subject of an application for Intellectual Property registration.
2 References
UniSQ Defined.
3 Definition Information
| Approved Date | 13/12/2023 |
| Effective Date | 13/12/2023 |
| Record No | 20/606PL |