Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A kind of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

    geistiges Eigentum

    интеллектуа́льная со́бственностьintellektuálʹnaja sóbstvennostʹ

    інтелектуа́льна вла́сністьintelektuálʹna vlásnistʹ

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

  2. (countable, usually)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"

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Tom is an intellectual property lawyer.

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  2. Copyright is a type of intellectual property.

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  3. All intellectual property is theft from the public domain.

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  4. Chrissy's law firm specializes in intellectual property protection for multinational conglomerates.

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  5. Tom preferred games based on new intellectual properties over sequels and remakes.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
product of someone's intellect:
Русский
By meaning 1
product of someone's intellect:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
product of someone's intellect:

Origin

First use appears c. 1769.

First use appears c. 1769.

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