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I'm not entirely sure what you mean
I'm trying to figure out if there is an analogy to private property, which is relatively easy to conceptualize. "My cow," has been pretty easy to distinguish between "your cow," for a really long time. Some would venture to call this "natural."
But I don't think the same thing can be said for ideas. E.g. *This arrangement of atoms is exclusively mine, and if you do the same arrangement and try to profit by it, I'm suing your ass," feels relatively recent in history, and as you said, requires a more complex system of arbitration.
relatively recent in history
organized systems go back to at least the middle ages, when people really started inventing and making complex useful things
conceptually it goes back to ancient greece and china
given the emergence in two completely distinct civilizations in primitive times, that indicates it is part of our human software, and at least adjacent to natural law
assume you're part of a stone age clan of hunters/gatherers, Grug makes wheel, clan benefit from wheel... wheel good. Grug cousin no want hunt, also make wheel...
What does the clan do? tell Grug cousin him need to hunt if wants eat, or give half Grug food?
I'm not entirely sure what you mean but currently, not universally, at all. Most economic zones have their copyright protection, patent and trademark laws, and admin / enforcement agencies, i.e. the USPTO, CIPO in Canada, EPO/EUIPO in the EU... and so on. Other than that intellectual property is often assigned contractually (e.g. NDAs) and could (but may not) be enforceable in civil law.
I think that you could apply Locke's labor theory of property to IP, after all, IP is supposedly a product of labor, but it would be interesting to hear what (a) an actual lawyer has to say about that and (b) how that stands now that everyone puts shit into free chatgpt accounts - not your GPU not your labor?