Because I haven’t seen the content of the contract, your simple description may not be accurate enough. The general meaning is as follows:
Intellectual property rights: it can simply be understood as patent rights and trademarks. rights, copyright.
Intellectual property protection: that is, to protect the patent rights, trademark rights, and copyrights owned by the client. For example, do not abuse the client’s trademarks and font sizes, prevent others from using their trademarks and font sizes, and do not abuse its patent rights for other activities, etc.