What is Explicit IP?

Explict Intellectual Property is IP that has been

• written down (codified); and either
• claimed (at least started a legal process to grant ownership of it to the claimant), or
• published defensively

Explicit IP includes

• Patent (in various forms)
• Registered Design
• Trademark
• Copyright

Only Copyright is effectively international, by a treaty known as the Berne Convention.
All the other forms protect the IP only in the jurisdiction where it is registered.