0 laws that protect a person or a company that has created a new product or way of doing something, by stopping anyone else from copying or using it for a particular period of time: --
apply for/extend/grant patent protection The biotechnology firm said it was applying for patent protection for the discoveries.
Previous drugs lost patent protection and succumbed to copycat competition.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.