Hardware lighting related idea - need advice!

Hello, I have a hardware lighting related idea that I've been working on for the past few months that I have a working prototype for. However I don't have much experience in manufacturing these at production level or at scale. I have done user studies already for the idea that I have as well as competitive research and so far all of those have been looking great. I was wondering if there's anyone here that I can pick the brain of for basic questions like where do I go to start producing the prototype at scale, protection of IP etc. Much thanks in advance.