Considering The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (1967), the following are protected by Industrial property rights:

• inventions, industrial designs,

• trademarks, service marks, commercial

names and designations,

• protection against unfair competition,

and the following are protected by copyrights

• literary, artistic and scientific works,

• performances of performing artists, phonograms

and broadcasts;

• paintings and sculptures, films and technology-

based works (computer programs

and electronic databases).