Intellectual property is something unique that you physically create. An idea alone is not intellectual property. For example, an idea for a book doesn’t count, but the words you’ve written do
(from the UK government website).
"Intellectual property is something unique that you physically create. An idea alone is not intellectual property. For example, an idea for a book doesn’t count, but the words you’ve written do" (from the UK government website). This is a universal principle: having ideas is not protectable (are you quite sure that nobody else has had the same idea, or ever will?)
So unless you have put some work into producing a specific implementation, your idea can be used by anybody who thinks of it.
