Define: Intellectual Property
copyrights, trade and service marks, including the trade marks, trade names, rights in logos and get-up, inventions, confidential information, trade secrets and know-how, registered designs, design rights, patents, utili
copyrights, trade and service marks, including the trade marks, trade names, rights in logos and get-up, inventions, confidential information, trade secrets and know-how, registered designs, design rights, patents, utility models, semi-conductor topographies, all rights of whatsoever nature in computer software and data, all rights of privacy and all intangible rights and privileges of a nature similar or allied to any of the foregoing, in every case in any part of the world and whether or not registered; and including all granted registrations and all applications for registration in respect of any of the same;.
Relevant Circumstances
- When ownership of all forms of IP arising under a contract must be allocated
- If both registered and unregistered rights need to fall within the definition
- Where worldwide protection and the right to sue for past infringement matter
Relevant Sectors
- Technology
- Data & Privacy
- Legal Services
patents, trade marks, service marks, registered designs, copyrights, database rights, design rights, confidential information, applications for any of the above, and any similar right recognised from time to time in any jurisdiction, together with all rights of action in relation to the infringement of any of the above;.