The Industrial and Intellectual Property
"Intellectual property" is typically a term referring to a law protection system of intangible assets which are the product of human creative or inventive activity. The importance of these assets has hugely grown up in modern economy, as they guarantee a strong competition advantage to the enterprises if used, increased by use and protected in the right way.
Among the types of intellectual property, we may cite:
the signs through which the products are distinguished on the market (the special brand, the shape with the product individual character)
the technologies allowing to manufacture exclusive or quality products (patents of invention, utility models, other patent technologies, know how)
the creations of the mind (literary works, artistic works, industrial design works, works relating to the computer field: computer programs, data banks, multimedia works)
The legal protection of these assets is guaranteed by a plurality of civil, criminal and administrative rules. A considerable part of our work consists in suggesting our client the best protection to appeal to for protecting its industrial property rights. For example:
the trademarks, business, domain name, designs and models, inventions, utility models, know how are protected by the Industrial property Code and the Civil Code;
creations of the mind are protected by the Law on Copyrights;
the unfair competition which damages others' business (their distinctive signs, individualizing shapes, the enterprise reputation and quality, secret, company organization, etc.) is suppressed by means of rules included in the Civil Code, Industrial Property Code and Criminal Code;
other specific criminal protection rules for trademarks, patents, etc. are included in the Criminal Code and Industrial Property Code;
other protection instruments are provided for by directions, laws and regulations, as well as by private rules, such as for example, the customs watching control, control against computer piracy, Advertisement Self-Discipline Code, recourses before the Competitiveness and Market Guaranteeing Authority, etc.
Our firm has been assisting (and advising) its clients
in the matter of "intellectual and industrial property" for over sixty years