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intellectual property

noun

  1. Law. property that results from original creative thought, as patents, copyright material, and trademarks.
  2. an individual product of original creative thought:

    Microsoft’s Halo franchise is one of the most profitable intellectual properties in the video game industry.



intellectual property

noun

  1. an intangible asset, such as a copyright or patent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intellectual property1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–45
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Critics argue that foreign cash buys influence over American students and wedges open a back door to American intellectual property for foreign governments.

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Maria, like many other artists, sees the dual risk of AI images threatening intellectual property rights by being "fed on 'stolen' art", and the possibility of reducing her finding new clients.

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In addition to his first-term tariffs, Trump also filed a formal World Trade Organization case against China, alleging deceptive trade practices and intellectual property theft.

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A spokesperson for Meta said: "We respect third-party intellectual property rights and believe our use of information to train AI models is consistent with existing law."

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Gone were lands centered around a broader concept — the frontier, adventure — and in their place were fully immersive environments based on a single IP — intellectual property, in industry speak.

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