IP protection is broad. It protects a person’s ownership rights in their creative ideas and gives them the right to protect their ideas and profit from them. These rights are exclusive to the owners of IP, who can take action against people who violate their IP rights.

IP protection is particularly important to think about as more content becomes available on the internet. IP law protects ideas once they are in a physical form. When materials are published on the web, they are in a physical form. Traditional legal concepts about IP ownership are used to protect materials published on the internet.