what is patent and copyright in simple terms?
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Explanation:
Patents refer to an invention, whereas copyrights refer to the expression of an idea, such as an artistic work. They are governed by different rules, so it is important to know which is applicable to your works.
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Patents and Copyrights are types of legal protections of private or individual accomplishments against any illegal reproduction,unauthorized alteration or use of the original work.
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Patents are basically legal rights granted by the government to the original creator of any inventive work such as new scientific inventions, new machinery or chemical in the laboratory.Patents provide legal protection to the invention against any unauthorized duplication or manipulation of the original idea of the invention by any third party.
Copyrights also provide legal protection against unauthorized or illegal reproduction,duplication or manipulation of any original work pertaining mainly to expression of creative ideas.Creative ideas in this context refer to artistic ad literary works such as books, paintings,movies,poems,songs,programming languages and codes and so forth.However, copyright does not provide protection to the original process or mechanism used in the creation of the original work or the use of any information within.