Riya Sharma, a mechanical engineer, invented a smart water purifier that can detect and remove specific bacteria using AI sensors. She applied for legal protection so that no one could make, use, or sell her invention without permission. Neha Kapoor, an artist, wrote and illustrated a children storybook titled Dreams of the Sky. She wanted to ensure that no one could copy, reproduce, or publish her work without authorization. Arjun Patel, an industrial designer, created an ergonomic chair design with a distinctive shape and appearance. He applied for protection so that competitors could not duplicate its visual features. Identify and name the type of intellectual property right each entrepreneur is protecting and explain the purpose of each type of IP rights.

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Each entrepreneur is protecting a different type of intellectual property right:

**Riya Sharma** is protecting her invention through a **Patent**. A patent grants an inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, and importing an invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention. Since Riya invented a smart water purifier using AI sensors, a patent is appropriate as it protects new and innovative technical products.

**Neha Kapoor** is protecting her work through a **Copyright**. Copyright gives the creator of original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. It applies to a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms of work such as musical compositions, literary works like poems, plays, and illustrated books. Since Neha wrote and illustrated a children's storybook, copyright is the appropriate form of protection.

**Arjun Patel** is protecting his design through an **Industrial Design** right. Industrial design protects the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian. It can be a two or three-dimensional pattern used to produce a product, industrial commodity, or handicraft. Since Arjun created an ergonomic chair with a distinctive shape and appearance, industrial design protection prevents competitors from duplicating its visual features.