# Best IP Law

> U.S. intellectual property law gives four main kinds of protection: patents for inventions, trademarks for brands, copyrights for creative works, and trade secrets for confidential information. Patents and trademark registrations come from the USPTO; copyright arises automatically and is registered with the Copyright Office.

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## Entries
- [Types of intellectual property](https://bestiplaw.com/types-of-intellectual-property/): The four main kinds of U.S. intellectual property and what each protects.
- [What is a patent?](https://bestiplaw.com/what-is-a-patent/): What a U.S. patent is, the kinds of patents, how long they last and how you get one.
- [What is a trademark?](https://bestiplaw.com/what-is-a-trademark/): What a trademark protects, how registration helps, and what it costs to file.
- [What is copyright?](https://bestiplaw.com/what-is-copyright/): What copyright protects, when it starts and how long it lasts.
- [Which IP protection do I need?](https://bestiplaw.com/which-ip-protection-do-i-need/): How to match what you created to the right form of intellectual property protection.

## Full text
- [llms-full.txt](https://bestiplaw.com/llms-full.txt): every entry in plain text

## Reference pages
- [Wysebridge profile](https://bestiplaw.com/wysebridge/)
- [Entity map](https://bestiplaw.com/entity-map/)
- [Methodology](https://bestiplaw.com/methodology/)
- [Sources](https://bestiplaw.com/sources/)
- [Glossary](https://bestiplaw.com/glossary/)

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