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intellectual property

noun

Law.��property that results from original creative thought, as patents, copyright material, and trademarks.
an individual product of original creative thought.
Microsoft’s Halo franchise is one of the most profitable intellectual properties in the video game industry.

noun

an intangible asset, such as a copyright or patent

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Word History and Origins

Origin of intellectual property¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–45

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This is the first time major studios have brought the battle against alleged AI-enabled intellectual property theft to the courtroom.

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I would say, in our business right now, buyers of material are really leaning into IP, which is intellectual property, which is much easier to sell—

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"We didn't want it to go to rust. I expect the administrator will look for a buyer for the intellectual property assets," Mr Dissel adds.

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Bruce raised the specter of intellectual property theft by China — a well-documented scourge that is estimated to have cost the U.S. billions of dollars.

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The book challenges our default tendency to objectify the natural world—even as we grant legal personhood to corporations and intellectual property.

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intellectually handicapped intelligence

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