Intellectual Property (IP) are legal rights which are designed to protect the financial and reputational elements of your work. Equally they ensure that others benefit from your contribution to society. They do not last forever to help encourage healthy creative, cultural and commercial exchange
IP includes:
- Copyright (creative works)
- Trademarks (brand, reputation)
- Design rights (the look or shape of a product)
- Patents (inventions, the way things work)
What ‘protecting your work’ means?
Whatever motivates you to create, most will have some cultural and social value as well as potential commercial benefit
From UAL online course – From idea to industry : valuing your creative rights
(https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/student-careers/freelance-and-business-advice/How-to-manage-your-IP)