What is Intellectual Property?

Intellectual Property (IP) is the legal protection for your ideas, designs, or inventions. It includes patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. A patent protects how something works, a trademark guards your brand name or logo, and copyright covers original creative work like books or music. Trade secrets, like Coca-Cola’s recipe, are about keeping business know-how confidential. Understanding what type of IP applies to your idea is the first step to safeguarding it.