As we have seen, the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO, defines IP as "creations of the mind". Another version that you sometimes see is that IP is “All the results of your intellectual work”.

Research is the very definition of intellectual work so it is definitely fair to say that a core part of your job as a researcher is to create Intellectual Property!

Here's a schematic overview of how your research generates Intellectual Property that can then be protected.

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Let's walk through the different parts:

Here is a text document with a summary of the content in the presentation above: From Research to IPR - document.pdf

Here is a document with the tables of the different types of IP and IPR: Types of IP and IPR.pdf

If you have questions related to IP and IPR, don't hesitate to contact KTH Innovation

https://www.kth.se/en/innovation

innovation@kth.se

Now, let's move on to look at the different types of IPR in some more detail.