Intellectual Property Rights Guide at a Glance PART 1: Important Rights and Concepts

Today's character market holds infinite possibilities and growth! 🌟

Many IP holders are likely engaging in character activities at this very moment to grow their own characters and generate significant profits.

However, just as important as creating a character is the right to protect that character.

Inner Booth will explain in an easy-to-understand way the rights and concepts you must know as a character IP holder.📚

Starting today, concepts that once seemed so difficult will become much more familiar and easier!

Intellectual Property, IP

Intellectual property rights are a collective term for rights such as copyright, trademark, and design rights.

first of all Intellectual propertyIt refers to assets that can create value from creative ideas or knowledge that have come out into the world.

To be specific, everything that comes out of our brains—such as human creations, discovered knowledge, information technology, and ideas—is essentially intellectual property.

and Intellectual property rightsIt is a right granted to people who create such intellectual property, and it protects and prevents others from using the ideas or knowledge I created without permission.

Copyright

Copyright, the very important and fundamental right for characters among intellectual property rights 🎨

literary workIt refers to various works of art such as music, novels, poetry, paintings, and movies.

And a work acquires the right known as copyright the moment it is created. It is not granted by someone, but is automatically assigned.

copyrightIt allows me to have exclusive usage rights to my character and protects me from copying, distribution, etc.

These rights are maintained for up to 70 years after death in accordance with copyright law.

Trademark

Trademark Rights: A Must-Know Right If You Plan to Commercialize a Character or Are Already In the Process 🔖

A trademark refers to a company name, logo, brand name, mark, etc., that represents uniqueness and is necessary for conducting business.

It is like the face of the brand.

Just as every person's face is different, each brand can be distinguished by its unique and special name, design, or logo.

And it is easy to understand if you think of trademark rights as the right to protect that face.

trademark rightsIt refers to the right that protects against the unauthorized use of my brand's unique characteristics.

It is a very important right for those who are thinking about generating revenue or starting a business using characters.

The duration of the trademark is 10 years.

Design Patent

Design Rights That IP Holders and Companies Who Have Created or Plan to Create Character Goods Need to Know 💡

Design rights are rights that are good to know about when manufacturing and selling products featuring character designs.

It is a right to hold a new design by registering it, and it is an intellectual property right that primarily protects the exterior design of practical objects, such as products or goods.

Design rights are important in that they do not protect the practical functions of a product, but solely protect its design and visual appearance.

It includes visual design elements such as shape, pattern, and color, and the protection period is 20 years from the date of registration.

Intellectual property rights can protect the uniqueness of human ideas, creations, trademarks, etc.

Now that you understand the concept and role of each right, in the next post, let's explore the reasons and importance of obtaining these rights through the formal registration process!