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Trade marks  

Trade marks are signs, symbols, letters or words that represent a company or product and serve to differentiate it from competitors.

Copyright

Copyright protects artistic and literary creations, including books, music, paintings, films and computer programs, from being copied or used without the author's permission.

Designs

A design is the "outward appearance of a product or a part of it, which results from the lines, contours, colour, shape, texture, materials and its ornamentation". 


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