FAQS

Intellectual property is the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds. It is not a physical asset; you can’t touch it. It is also not “personal property” (books, cars, or dishware) or “real property” (residential or commercial real estate).

When you devise an innovative or creative idea, you may wish to protect it from exploitation by others. 

There are four general categories of Intellectual property:

• Patent 
• Trademark 
• Copyright
• Trade secret 

Intellectual property is a property right that allows only you and those you have permitted to commercialize the innovation. It protects you from unauthorized use.

The policy behind the protection in law is to provide an incentive for authors and inventors to produce works for the benefit of the public and safeguard the ability of those authors and inventors to be compensated. 

Copyright, Patent, Trademark, or Unfair Competition laws protect intellectual property.