Intellectual Property
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Intellectual Property (IP) as defined by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is anything created by the mind such as inventions,literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs that are commercially used. It is divided into two categories: Industrial Property which include industrial designs, inventions etc., and Copyright which include literary and artistic creations such novels, poems, plays, music and drawings.[1] IP is protected by patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret.