INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN OUTER SPACE ACTIVITIES

Space technology is always an advance moving technology and the outer space activity is a
fruit of intellectual creation. There are interlinking bonding between them, i.e., the intellectual
property rights in outer space activities. In International law the most problematic area is
intellectual property rights in outer space activities. As of now the patent protection of
invention created or used in outer space and the copyright protection of database data acquired
through space activities. And the space tourism becomes a reality then there is need for the
protection of industrial design and trademark may become an important issue. The major issue
is there are no proper international legal frame work for space activity. There are so many
national frame work and different nations follow different principles and it will create an issue
among the nation. So, there is a huge need for the important legal frame for the intellectual
property rights in space activities.