Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26—30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. Intellectu

Summary
Listen to the passage. For questions 26—30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank.
Patents are sometimes used to help inventors, owners, artists, etc. protect a special type of property known as "intellectual property". Intellectual property is defined as "the product of a person or company’s originality and creativity". There are, however, additional ways to protect different kinds of intellectual property. Two of these ways are copyrights and trademarks. Copyrights protect " original works of authorship". This would include something creative that is written down or presented visually. Such things as books, musical compositions, paintings, and even movies and architecture can all be protected by copyrights. While typical patents may only last a short time and then need to be re-registered, for most written works, the copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 50 years. After this time has passed, the works are no longer protected by the copyright. They are then classified as part of the "public domain" , and anyone can copy or use them without permission. Trademarks, on the other hand, protect product designs and slogans that a business uses to distinguish its product from other companies’ products. Once a trademark is used by a company, no other company can use it again for its own purposes.