intellectual property
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intellectual property
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First use appears c. 1769.
noun intellectual properties
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A kind of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal b
Similar: IP
- Any individual work that is protected under intellectual property law. One area of current change concerns intellectual properties and intellectual property rights. "Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture"
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noun product of someone's intellect
| Español | propiedad intelectual |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지적재산 jijeokjaesan |
| 日本語 | 知的財産 chiteki zaisan |
| 中文 | 知識財產 /知识财产 zhīshi cáichǎn |
| Português | propriedade intelectual |
| Français | propriété intellectuelle |
| Deutsch | geistiges Eigentum |
| Ελληνικά | διανοητική ιδιοκτησία dianoïtikí idioktisía |
| Română | proprietate intelectuală |
| Русский | интеллектуа́льная со́бственность intellektuálʹnaja sóbstvennostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | sở hữu trí tuệ |
| العربية | مِلْكِيَّة فِكْرِيَّة |
| עברית | קניין רוחני kinyán rukhaní |
noun individual work
| 中文 | 知識產品 /知识产品 zhīshi chǎnpǐn |
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title = {intellectual property},
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