For the following question, write a short essay response. You must include APA7th ed. formatted sources in support of your essay in text and the full references at the end of your answer.

ESSAY QUESTION FACT SCENARIO:YOUR ESSAY IS BASED ON THESE FACTS:

George and Sophia are entrepreneurs who together own a limited liability company named, "SOPhiGEo, LLC." They are inventors and have invented a widget that can be plugged into a mobile phone or personal computer to detect unsolicited third party access of camera and/or audio recording features on the equipment and block the intruder with a repeating loop of nonsense gibberish that locks up the intruder's device and can be stopped on the intruder's device only by the widget's primary user. This widget has a proprietary design and operating code. SOPhiGEo is calling it "LoktYU." Currently the only intellectual property (IP) protection SOPhiGEo has employed is trade secret.

QUESTION

List and discuss 3 other intellectual property protections SOPhiGEo, LLC can obtain as the corporate IP owner for this widget in the United States, and for each IP type provide the following information: (Do NOT discuss trade secret).

1. Name and brief general definition of the type of IP;

2. How long the IP's protection will last to cover the widget;

3. What aspect(s) of the widget it will cover;