Intellectual property law is the law that governs rights in creative works and inventions The most common such rights are patents, copyright and trademarks

We’ve all seen and heard of patents, but how many people actually know what a patent does and what you can get a patent for The simple answer to this question is that, although many people are aware of the function of a patent, surprisingly few people know anything more than that, even straightforward aspects such as what you can get a patent for