If you believe you have a once in a lifetime idea, you may want to explore the concept of intellectual property protection. However, as the Small Business site points out in its article, Five Things To Know About Intellectual Proeprty, there are many different levels of intellectual property protection.
The blurb nicely describes the types of intellectual property protection types, such as patents, and then proceeds to talk about where to file for them, the spectrum of costs payable as well as other key points to know for the uninitiated – such as the importance of having a working prototype.