There are multiple forms of intellectual property rights in the U.S., including patents, trademarks, and copyrights:

Patents
New, useful, and non-obvious inventions, including devices, machines, processes, or compositions of matter, such as chemical compositions, may be patented. A patent grants to the inventor the exclusive right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention for a specified period of time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention.

Trademarks
A name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, or combination of these elements, such as a slogan or color scheme, may be a trademark if it is used to designate the source of specific goods or services. A trademark owner has the exclusive right to use the trademark for specific goods or services; unauthorized use of a trademark or a similar mark that results in a likelihood of consumer confusion may constitute trademark infringement.

Copyrights
A copyright may be obtained for any original work of authorship that is fixed in a tangible medium of expression, including literary, musical, dramatic, choreographic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, and architectural works, motion pictures, other audiovisual works, and sound recordings. For example, computer programs and websites may be copyrightable. A copyright grants to authors the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, and publicly perform and display their work.

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