Seychelles categorizes intellectual property into two groups. These include:
Industrial Property
Industrial property encompasses a broad range of intellectual property (IP) assets, including integrated circuit designs, inventions, patents, service marks, and trademarks, among others.
Copyrights
Copyright refers to intangible assets that may or may not have commercial value. These include artistic and literary works, such as soundtracks, lyrics, poetry, novels, drawings, and scripts, among other forms of expression.
Please note that these categories fall under the Industrial Property Act 2014 and the Copyright Act 2014, respectively. Both statutes align with the following legislation to ensure all-encompassing protections.
- Creative Industries and National Events Agency Act, 2016 (Act 17)
- Consumer Protection Act, 2010 (Act 30)
- Customs Management Act, 2011 (Act No. 22)
- Seychelles Investment Act, 2010 (Act 31)
- Penal Code (CAP 158)
- Fair Competition Act, 2009 (Act No. 18)
- International Business Companies Act, 2016
- Business Tax Act, 2009 (Act 28)
- Animal and Plant Biosecurity Act, 2014 (Act 10)
- Companies Ordinance, 1972 (CAP 40)
- Licenses Act, 2010 (CAP 113)
- National Institute for Science, Technology and Innovation Act, 2014 (Act 6)
- Environment Protection Act, 2016 (Act 18)
- Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2012 (Act No. 5)