“You feel ownership over your creation, your invention, and your ideas. But if you don’t legally claim them, you’re donating them to the public – or to competitors. Say you’ve come up with a solution to a problem. Protecting that potentially valuable IP creates a limited monopoly to keep people out. It’s like zone defense in basketball. IP rights help you own your zone – your competitive space where no one else can score. If the best offense is a great defense, then no offense is the worst.”
