• Applies To

• Validity

• Avg. Process time

• Example

• Applicable Law

• Protection for

Trademark

• Word, Logo, Slogan, Shape, Colour, Sound, Label, Symbol, etc

• 10 years

• 6-12 months

• Brand name Coca-Cola® for beverages so that no other person uses the brand’s goodwill

• The trademark act, 1999

• Country for which applied

Copyright

• Work, Literature, Music, Video, Content, Drawing, Photo, Plan, Sketch, Software code, Choreography, etc

• Lifetime+ 60 more years

• 5-6 months

• Content on the Coca-Cola website

• The copyright act, 1957

• Many countries in the world

Design

• Physical appearance of an article, thing, 3D objects, patterns

• 10 years

• 4-24 months

• Design registration of Coca-Cola’s bottle so that same packaging is not replicated

• The design act, 2000

• Country for which applied

Patent

• Invention, Idea such as Process, Machine, Technical Invention

• 20 years

• 20-36 months

• Process of manufacturing Coca-Cola

• The patent act, 1970

• Country for which applied