A patent is a right granted to the owner of an invention to prevent others from making, using, importing or selling the invention without his permission. A patentable invention can be a product or a process that gives a new technical solution to a problem. It can also be a new method of doing things, the composition of a new product, or a technical improvement on how certain objects work.

A trademark is a sign or symbol used to distinguish goods and services of one traider from another and therefore must not be a sign that traders may wish to use to promote or describe their goods or services

An Industrial Design is the features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament which when applied to an article gives the article unique appearance. It does not include a method or principles of contruction

Protection is given to plant breeders for the unique combination of genes created in a new plant "variety" when set conditions are met after the examination of the seed