ABSTRACT
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) have been created to protect the right of individuals to enjoy their creations and discoveries. In fact, IPRs can be traced back to the fourteenth century, when European monarchs granted proprietary rights to writers for their literary works. IPRs have been created to ensure protection against unfair trade practice. Companies, universities and industries want to protect their IPR internationally. The national legislation specifically describes the inventions that are the subject matter of protection and those which are excluded from protection. Copyright was created to provide protection to composers, writers, authors and artists to protect their original works against those who copy; that who take and use the form in which the original work was expressed by the author. The rights bestowed by the law on the owner of copyright in a protected work are described as exclusive rights to authorize others after permission to use the protected works.
