Cultural and Creative Industries

According to the law, works of a literary, scientific and artistic nature may be registered, namely:

   Books, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers and other writings, conferences, lectures, addresses and sermons;

   Dramatic and dramatico-musical works and their staging, choreographic works and pantomimes whose expression is fixed in writing or any other form, and musical compositions, with or without words;

  Cinematographic, television, phonographic, videographic or radio works and works of drawing, tapestry, painting, sculpture, ceramics, tiles, engraving, lithography and architecture;

  Photographic works or those produced by processes analogous to photography, applied art works, industrial designs or models, and design works that constitute artistic creation, regardless of industrial property protection;

   Illustrations and geographical maps, projects, sketches and plastic works relating to architecture, urban planning, geography or other sciences;

   Mottos or slogans, even of an advertising nature, provided they demonstrate originality, parodies and other literary or musical compositions, even if inspired by a theme or motif from another work;

   Computer programs of a creative nature and databases;

   Translations, arrangements, instrumentations, dramatizations, cinematizations and other transformations of any work, even where such work is not protected;

  Summaries and compilations of protected or unprotected works, such as collections, encyclopaedias and anthologies which, by reason of the selection or arrangement of their content, constitute intellectual creations;

   Systematic or annotated compilations of texts of conventions, laws, regulations, reports or administrative and judicial decisions, or of any other bodies or authorities of the State or Public Administration.

Conversely, certain works, by their nature, are not protected and therefore may not be registered, namely:

   Ideas;

   Systems;

   Concepts;

   Processes;

   Principles or discoveries;

   Political speeches;

   News of the day and various events consisting merely of factual information, regardless of the manner of dissemination;

   Petitions, pleadings, complaints and other texts submitted in writing or orally to authorities or public services;

   Operational methods;

   Draft texts and speeches delivered in assemblies or other collegial political or administrative bodies at national, regional or local level, or in public debates on matters of common interest.