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Design rights are the exclusive rights associated with the physical appearance of an article, including decorative patterns, graphic symbols, the shape of products and their packaging. There are two types: Functional Design and Aesthetic Design.
For Example, the Maxhosa design pattern or the shape of the Coke bottle
Once granted, an aesthetic design has a term of duration of 15 years, and a functional design 10 years, provided the prescribed renewal fees are paid.

Rights to information that has either actual or potential independent economic value by virtue of not being generally known, that has value to others who cannot legitimately obtain the information, and reasonable steps having been taken by the rightful holder of the information to keep it secret.
For example, KFC ‘s secret recipe and Coca Cola formula.
A trade secret can be protected for an unlimited period of time, unless it is discovered or legally acquired by others or disclosed to the public.

A copyright is an exclusive legal right to original works of authorship as soon as an author fixes the work in a tangible form of expression such as a book, film, artistic or a musical material.
For example, The Lion King musical’s theme song Mbube, composed by South African Simon Linda, a migrant worker, in 1939. It was reworked and its title changed to Wimoweh in 1951/52 by Pete Seege.
A copyright lasts the lifetime of an author and a minimum of 50 years after the author's death in most countries, and 70 years after the death of the author in the European Union and the United States.

A trademark is a symbol, design or expression that identifies products or services used by an individual, organization or any legal entity, that distinguishes them from others.
For example, the Nike ‘swoosh’ symbol or even the MTN yellow colour.
Once a trademark registration is granted, it will remain valid indefinitely, so long as the owner continues to use and renew them every every 10 years.

A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention of a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something.
For example Covid vaccine.
A patent lasts twenty years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed. It is non-renewable.






