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Intellectual property claims are legal actions brought by one party against another when a party feels its intellectual property (IP) rights have been infringed upon.

Here are five different ways to protect your intellectual property. Register copyrights, trademarks, and patents. ... Register business, product, or domain names. ... Create confidentiality, non-disclosure, or licensing contracts for employees and partners. ... Implement security measures. ... Avoid joint ownership.

Fees Registration of a claim in an original work of authorshipRegistration of a claim in a group of unpublished works$85Registration of a claim in a group of published photographs or a claim in a group of unpublished photographs$55Registration of a claim in a group of works published on an album of music$6524 more rows

You can change the claims of a patent without filing a new application unless you are making a new claim. If you are making a new claim, you will need to file a new patent application. Federal regulations governing the USPTO provide specific rules for amending patent claims.

Your rights vary by the type of intellectual property and whether you register it. For example, you do not have to register trademarks or copyrights in order to have some protection, but registration gives you more rights. Patent protection requires registration in all cases.

To obtain a patent in the U.S., the inventor must file a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which includes (1) a written document comprising a description and claims, (2) drawings when necessary, (3) an oath or declaration, and (4) filing, search, and examination fees.