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intellectual properties

intellectual properties is the plural of intellectual property.

Meaning of intellectual property

Noun

intellectual property (usually uncountable, plural intellectual properties)

  1. (usually) A kind of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
    • According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal...2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55
    Synonyms:
    IP
  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"

Questions about intellectual properties

What is intellectual properties the plural of?
Intellectual properties is the plural of intellectual property.

Words near intellectual properties in the dictionary

  1. intellectual disabilities
  2. intellectual disability
  3. intellectual freedom
  4. intellectual honesty
  5. intellectual masturbation
  6. intellectual properties
  7. intellectual property
  8. intellectual prostitute
  9. intellectual prostitutes
  10. intellectualisation
  11. intellectualisations

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