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Types of international law Public international law: Public international law (or international public law) governs the relationship between states and international entities. It includes these legal fields: treaty law, law of sea, international criminal law, the laws of war or international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Norms of international law have their sources: 1. custom, or customary international law. (consistent state practice accompanied by opinio juris) 2. globally accepted standards of behavior (peremptory norms known as jus cogens or ius cogens). 3. codifications contained in conventional agreements, generally termed treaties. Private international law: Conflict of laws, often called private international law in civil law jurisdictions, governs conflicts between private persons. Supranational law: Supranational law or the law of supranational organizations, concerns regional agreements. It is distinguished from public international law, because in supranational law, nations explicitly submit their right to make judicial decisions by treaty to a set of common tribunal. ◆ The United Nations Security Council and subordinate organizations such as the International Court of Justice are the only globally accepted supranational tribunals. Intellectual Property Law Definition Intellectual property (IP) is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized. Types Patents: A patent grants an inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, and importing an invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention. Copyright: A copyright gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Industrial design rights: An industrial design right protects the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian. Trademarks: A trad