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What does intellectual property mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word intellectual property? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) Any product of someone's intellect that has commercial value: a piece of literature, a painting, an invention, a trademark a trade secret, etc. Works protected under intellectual property law, and accorded intellectual property rights such as copyrights and patents.
  2. (countable) Any individual work that is protected under intellectual property law.
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Title and intellectual property rights are protected by the copyright laws and treaties.
It led her to buy the intellectual property rights to the food waste decomposer and the company's Singapore units.
This was the author's, or whosever to whom authors assigned their intellectual property.
Mr. Iyengar, who specialises in laws related to intellectual property rights, was aghast.
We can follow these themes into the law of intellectual property, but with important qualifications.
Is it time to review the laws on ownership of intellectual property and copyright?

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