Every day people develop new ideas, innovations and inventions, and there are people who would steal them for personal gain. Intellectual property law aims to protect people's ideas, innovations and inventions to prevent people from stealing ideas and passing them off as their own for profit. According to Grama (2011), laws recognize three types of intellectual property: patents, trademarks, and copyrights (p. 265). Patents are used to protect inventions such as equipment, designs, processes, and more. Trademarks protect the logos, symbols, and others used by companies such as the logos of Apple, Burger King, McDonalds, and others. Copyrights protect books, art, films, music, computer programs, and many other works. When you watch movies, be they DVD, VCR, or otherwise, you are issued an FBI notice with copyright information that they are illegally infringing copyrights and may be punishable by a fine and/or prison time. Patent and trademark infringement can also be punished by a fine and/or prison, but is not limited to copyright. You will need to develop and implement a policy to help prevent potential intellectual property infringements in your organization. According to Kim & Solomon (2012), a policy is a written statement from top management that establishes a course of action or direction that applies to the entire organization (p. 40). When creating policies to protect your organization, the policy will need to identify who the policy applies to. Intellectual property laws are federal laws and apply to everyone who works in the organization, managers and senior leaders are no exception. Even if a company policy is not created, federal laws created by the government apply to all people living in the country. ......middle sheet......let this be a lesson for all agencies and companies. Illegal copying of films and music will not be permitted, and employees involved will be fired and reported to the FBI. To prevent this from happening, burning software must be approved by management before it is installed or enabled on computers. Works CitedBass, D. (2010, August 26). A government employee kept pirated movies and games on his work computer. Retrieved from http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=6786 Grama, A. (2011). Legal issues in computer security. (p. 265).Burlington, MA: Jones & Barlett Learning.Kim, D. & Solomon, M. (2012). Fundamentals of information systems security. (p. 40).Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.Reinholz, A. (n.d.). How to report copyright violations. Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/how_6712667_report-copyright-violations.html