What is the difference between a patent and an IP strategy?
Reviewed by
Ola Wassvik, co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Lightbringer
· Last reviewed
September 17, 2026
A patent protects one invention as claimed. An IP strategy is the set of decisions about which inventions to protect, where, in what form, and how they connect to the product roadmap and the competition. The strategy tells you which patents to file; the patents are the output.
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