Intellectual Property
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Intellectual Property
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Intellectual Property (IP) = Things you create with your BRAIN that the law says belong to YOU. Nobody can steal or copy them without your permission. Just like you own land, you own your ideas. *4 Main Types:* *1. Copyright ©* For creative work. - Songs, books, movies, photos, poems, sermons - Example: If Shatta Wale writes a song, nobody can copy it and sell it *2. Trademark ™* For brand name / logo. - Example: MTN yellow logo, "Koko" bread, "Verna" water name - Nobody else can use your brand name to sell same product *3. Patent* For invention / new machine. - Example: Someone invents a new solar cooker, or a new medicine. For 20 years, only they can make it *4. Trade Secret* Secret recipe / method you don't tell anyone. - Example: Coca-Cola secret recipe, KFC secret spices, your grandmother's sobolo recipe if you sell it *In Ghana:* It's handled by Ghana Copyright Office and Registrar General's Department. Why it matters for you: If you create a song, a business name, a design, a book - register it. If you don't, someone else can steal it and claim it. Are you trying to protect something? A song, business name, or invention?