Chapter 17 - Intellectual property. At the end of this chapter you should understand: ‘intellectual property law’ and the philosophy behind the concept of protecting intellectual property; how to distinguish between the products that are protected by copyright, patent, trade mark and design legislation; the definition of the term ‘copyright’ and explain how the law relating to it protects the physical expression of ideas; | Lecture Fundamentals of business law (4th): Chapter 17 - Margaret L. Barron, Richard . Fletcher