Every business, whether it is a start up with a couple ofemployees or a multi-national corporation, should do everythingthey can to protect their intellectual property. This may meanprotecting products or processes as a trade secret. It may alsomean obtaining patents and trademarks to protect their inventions,brand name, and logos.Most people who are unacquainted with intellectual property lawdo not understand the difference between a patent and a trademark.The two are actually distinct from each other, as each protects adifferent form of intellectual property.A patent protects an invention. This invention could be animprovement to a Plumbing system or a brand new kind of engine oreven a new toy for children. Whatever the invention is, patentingthat product or process gives the patent hold