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intellectual property
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Goods
but, when transcribed as a book, it becomes a good. That a computer program may be copyrightable as intellectual property does not alter the fact that once in the form of a floppy disc or other medium, the
right
the interest in property possessed (as under copyright law) in an intangible thing and esp. an item of intellectual property [obtained publishing s] 3 : a privilege given stockholders to subscribe pro rata to a new issue of
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patent
granted to an inventor and his or her heirs or assigns for a term of years see also intellectual property at property compare copyright, trademark NOTE: A patent may be granted for a process, act, or method that
copyright
(as a literary, musical, dramatic, artistic, or architectural work) see also common-law copyright, fair use at use, infringe intellectual property at property, international copyright, original, public domain compare patent, trademark NOTE: Copyrights are governed by the Copyright Act
dedication
that is accepted by the proper public authorities b : intentional or negligent surrender to the public of intellectual property that could have been protected by copyright or patent
derivative work
derivative work : a piece of intellectual property that substantially derives from an underlying work NOTE: Use of a derivative work that is derived from an
trade secret
and for which reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy have been made NOTE: Trade secrets are a form of intellectual property. Many states have enacted laws which create an action for damages or injunctive relief against misappropriation of trade
Public domain
has no restrictions upon dissemination of information within or from it; the existence of any legal rights to intellectual property in that information does not remove such information from being in public domain. [Weapons of Mass Destruction and
Profession
law, medicine, and the church', New Lexicon Webster Dictionary, p. 798. A profession ordinarily is an occupation requiring intellectual skill, often coupled with manual skill. Thus a teacher uses purely intellectual skill while a painter uses both. … The system of education consisted of reading on statutes, moots or arguments on points of law, chiefly real property law, and the putting of cases. The members of the Inns of court, before they could become practitioners,
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