intellectual property

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

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Questions about intellectual property

What does intellectual property mean?

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

Is intellectual property a common word?

intellectual property is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.