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IP 101

What you should know about intellectual property and the importance of protecting ideas
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Companies like Arm & Hammer and Campbell’s Soup have had their signature branding trademarks for over 100 years, protecting their innovations over time.

How do movies utilize IP? Patents can protect technical innovations that help film large-scale scenes.

The oldest active trademark belongs to British brewery Stella Artois, which received the protection in 1366.

Strong IP protections facilitate research and development to find cures for deadly diseases like cancer.

Following their successful flight, Orville and Wilbur Wright patented the first airplane, known as the “Wright Flyer” in 1906.

Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic-American woman in space, received three patents for technologies that help capture images in the cosmos.

Google’s search program is protected by trade secrets, preventing others from copying their algorithms.

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The number of patents filed in 2023.

Design patents

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