This law shall protect authors of the following categories:

1° Inventors;
2° Innovators;
3° creators of industrial designs;
4° creators of layout designs of integrated circuits;
5° creators of distinctive signs used in trade;
6° authors of literary, artistic and scientific works, performers;
7° phonogram producers;
8° any other author of an original intellectual creation.

This Law also protects:

1° owners of distinctive signs used in trade;
2° broadcasting organisations.