IP Gennesis - Intellectual Property

Not necessarily.

Unlike trademarks or patents, copyright protection generally arises automatically once the legal requirements are met.

Under Section 7(3) of the Copyright Act 1987, there is no requirement to register your work before copyright protection exists.

So, the moment you create that original artwork, whether you sketch it on paper or save it as a digital file, your creative work is already protected the moment it is created, without having to file a copyright registration officially😉

Recently, many people got hacked😵

Emails taken over, accounts leaked, systems locked.

It reminds us how quickly control can be lost when digital security is weak.

But in business, “hacking” doesn’t always mean breaking into computers.

It can also look like product reverse engineering, brand imitation, trade secret leaks, domain names being taken, or trademark squatting.

None of these require technical hacking.

But the result is similar, your business value can be taken or diluted.

What makes it more complex is that many of these situations do not always illegal. They can happen within formal systems, using available gaps rather than breaking rules outright🫠

That's why businesses today don't just invest in cybersecurity, they also invest heavily in intellectual property.

At the end of the day, both are protecting the same thing,

The value you've worked hard to create.

In the AI era, what businesses need to protect is no longer just their systems, it's their competitive advantage.

In today's business world, which do you think is the bigger risk:

1️⃣Getting hacked by cybercriminals
2️⃣Getting copied by competitors

Your thoughts on this?