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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intellectual property mean? 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (noun)
  The noun INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY has 1 sense:

1. intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights)play

  Familiarity information: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("intellectual property" is a kind of...):

belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)


 Context examples 


A unique code used by publishers in the identification and exchange of the content of a digital object, such as a journal article, web document, or other item of intellectual property.

(Digital Object Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

A mechanism for collaboration between government and outside scientists that legally defines intellectual property rights and financial and other responsibilities.

(Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes rights regarding publication, confidential information, ownership, use of data, intellectual property, and indemnification.

(Clinical Trial Agreement, NCI Thesaurus)

A document or statement granting exclusive right to own, publish, and sell literary, musical, or artistic work, or intellectual property.

(Copyright, NCI Thesaurus)

This full moon of February 8-9 is in Leo, a sign that rules the arts and entertainment, including actors and musicians, artists, costume and set designers, poets, photographers, filmmakers, screenwriters—even lawyers who specialize in intellectual property for the entertainment industry.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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