Other IP

Although copyright, designs, patents and trade marks provide a range of IP protection, there are a number of other forms of IP and subjects related to IP:

• rights in performances for performers and those making recordings of performances
• protection for trade secrets under confidentiality agreements
• database right for some types of database (other types may be protected by copyright)
• protection for semi-conductor topographies
• plant breeders' rights in plant varieties
  protection for geographical indications of origin
• protection of conditional access technology for broadcasts and other transmission
• protection against unfair competition under "passing off" law
  publication right for first publication of material in which copyright has expired
• protection against circumvention of copy protection devices
• In some countries, the rights of the producers of sound recordings and broadcasters
  are known as neighbouring or related rights.