INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ITS CONNECTION WITH CYBERCRIMES
By:- Jaya BALLB 2nd Year Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) New Law College Pune, Maharashtra. What is an Intellectual Property? Intellectual property simply means art or thought of mind which includes new creation, learning, invention, or any kind of discovery by the mankind. There are 2 kinds of property named as Physical property and Intellectual property. Physical property includes the movable as well as the immovable property like house, building, jewellery whereas Intellectual property includes any idea, design or thought of human folk. Intellectual Property rights include rights given to the person to safeguard their intellectual property that is right to keep their ideas, thoughts, design, discovery protected from being inefficiently used by others for their own benefit. This right given to us are of various types which include Trademark, Copyright, Patent. The intellectual property law owes its origin during the 17 th and 18 th Century ...