In India the law relating to patents & copyrights were passed by the

British Parliament & extended to India.

The secular democratic legal systems of the world are divided into two
types of intellectual property rights.

One system is known as common law system. The other system is

known as civil law system.

English didn’t believe in codification of law.

Judges of the English courts evolved the principle that every case
should be decided on its own facts and circumtances on the basis of
precedents if any.

Property and Right

The term property is a legal term. In legal sense it means a bundle of
rights. ‘Right’ generally means a social relationship, in relation to an
object, enforceable by law. The bundle consists of four rights: right to
possess, right to use, right to alienate and right to exclude others from
possessing, using alienating. “Property” does not merely signify a legal
relation between a person and an object rather it signifies a legal
relations between persons in relation to an object.

Difference btw IP & Industrial Property

‘Intellectual Property’ is an umbrella term. It is also a term for

convenience. The umbrella covers eight types of IP: patents, copyrights,
geographical indication, plant variety protection, trade secret, trade
mark, design and semicundoctor integrated circuit layout design.