You have come up with a great business plan to build a brand-new international school in Thailand. You created a new school program for students. The school program integrates online and offline learning and also make use of many tools. As a result, the school program turns out to be very different from any existing school programs in the market. A research study also found that your school program greatly improves student performances. You firmly believe the program will be a new and inventive education program. So, you are thinking if you should keep the program secret or pursue IP protection.

Do you think intellectual property protection will be helpful for your business?What kind of IP protection would be suitable for this business endeavor?Do you think the school program will be able to receive IP protection? Why?