What is the difference between patent, trademark, and copyright protection?
These are the three main forms of intellectual property. Patents protect technological inventions. Copyrights cover creative literary, scientific, artistic, and musical works. Trademarks indicate the source of a good or service. A single product can be protected by multiple patents, copyrights, and trademarks at the same time. A well defined IP strategy will consider how these three regimes can work together to protect a firm’s value.
