Honoring Intellectual Property concerns protecting one’s work, and the work of others, to ensure that ideas, inventions, or innovations are not stolen, used without permission, or claimed as another’s work in order to uphold professional integrity in the creative pursuit that is engineering and design. This core concept includes knowledge related to (a) intellectual property terminology and regulations, (b) patents, copyright, and licensure, and (c) referencing sources and plagiarism. This core concept is important to Professionalism, as engineering professionals must honor and leverage the value of others’ creations and innovations and protect their own intellectual property to ensure the highest standards of quality and integrity are upheld when solving problems. In this area, students should learn a variety of intellectual properties and the process of accessing or applying for the intellectual properties.