{
  "id": 18733071,
  "title": "Essence of intellectual property rights",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/essence-of-intellectual-property-rights",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-07T14:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf Times Business",
    "slug": "gulf-times-business",
    "url": "https://www.gulf-times.com/article/737685/business/essence-of-intellectual-property-rights"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Human minds are considered the greatest wealth of any individual, possessing limitless abilities to achieve ordinary tasks and invent new items classified as intellectual property rights (IP), according to a source. IP refers to intangible creations of the human mind that are protected by law, allowing creators and owners to control and benefit from their innovations, creations, and artistic works. These rights can be owned, sold, licensed, and inherited under legal rules.\n\nIP laws have revolutionized society by providing innovators and creators the ability to protect and potentially benefit financially from their unique ideas. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a prominent UN organization, promotes the importance of IP for both inventors and society. IP is highly valued due to its role in encouraging new, unique innovations by granting confidence to creators and inventors to invest in new technologies, inventions, and creative works. IP also drives economic value by creating high-worth business assets that can be licensed, sold, or used as collateral for financial benefits.\n\nThe essence of IP promotion and protection lies in encouraging gifted individuals to register their new, unique inventions for exclusive rights and financial benefits. This, in turn, motivates others to invent more by utilizing their talents. Dr. AbdelGadir Warsama Ghalib is a corporate legal counsel.",
  "summary": "The mind of human beings is the greatest wealth of any person. Human minds compared to other creatures, from scientific perspective, are all of limitless abilities that can help the person in achievin...",
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}