Question 12(a)Differentiate between Copyrights and Patents.

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CopyrightPatentA copyright is a collection of rights automatically vested to someone who has created an original work.A patent is a grant of exclusive right to the inventor by the government.It protects original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works.It protects novel, inventions, processes, and designs.The copyright owner has the authority to keep or to transfer the rights to use/distribute, individually to one or more people, or to transfer them collectively to one or more people.Patents give the holder a right to exclude others from making, selling, using or importing a particular product or service, in exchange for full public disclosure of their invention.

Copyright	Patent
A copyright is a collection of rights automatically vested to someone who has created an original work.	A patent is a grant of exclusive right to the inventor by the government.
It protects original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works.	It protects novel, inventions, processes, and designs.
The copyright owner has the authority to keep or to transfer the rights to use/distribute, individually to one or more people, or to transfer them collectively to one or more people.	Patents give the holder a right to exclude others from making, selling, using or importing a particular product or service, in exchange for full public disclosure of their invention.

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