Can a new idea for a software project be an intellectual property?

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Published on 2012-10-11T07:07:32Z Indexed on 2012/10/11 9:52 UTC
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I have to do my final year project and I am going to do some kind of stuff that no one has yet attempted to do, though the completion of the project involves some things that have already been done but I am extending those ideas to do something that no one has yet done.

In simple words I have an idea that needs combination of two ideas plus something from my own.

Can I claim this idea to be an intellectual property of mine so that no one else attempts to do it while I am doing the project?If Anybody does it after my project, will he need a license from me?

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