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Competition, differentiation & moats · Working

Intellectual-property moat

Also called: IP moat

ELI5

Legal rights make copying harder.

Used in conversation

“The intellectual-property moat is only as strong as scope and enforcement.”

Definition

Advantage created by patents, copyrights, trade secrets or other enforceable rights.

Here “Intellectual-property moat” means: Advantage created by patents, copyrights, trade secrets or other enforceable rights.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.