Intellectual Property

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Intellectual Property    (2W3I)

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A product of the intellect that has commercial value, including copyrighted property such as literary or artistic works, and ideational property, such as patents, appellations of origin, business methods, and industrial processes.    (2W3O)

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Answer.com Search Page; Available from http://www.answers.com/topic/intellectual-property?method=8 ; Internet; Accessed 29 June 2005.    (2W3Q)

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In law, particularly in common law jurisdictions, intellectual property or IP refers to a legal entitlement which sometimes attaches to the expressed form of an idea, or to some other intangible subject matter. In general terms this legal entitlement sometimes enables its holder to exercise exclusive control over the use of the IP. The term intellectual property reflects the idea that the subject matter of IP is the product of the mind or the intellect, and that once established, such entitlements are generally treated as equivalent to tangible property, and may be enforced as such by the courts. The most well known forms of intellectual property include copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Patents and trademarks fall into a particular subset of intellectual property known as industrial property.    (2W3S)

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Wikipedia; Available from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property ; Internet; Accessed 29 June 2005.    (2W3U)

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