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intellectual property

NOUN
protected property created by original thought
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Then there’s the need to keep corporate intellectual property safe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Disney also unveiled a new partnership with TikTok Wednesday that will allow users of the social-video platform to create content from Disney’s library of franchises and intellectual property.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

He also noted that Churchill Downs made an $85-million offer this spring to purchase the intellectual property rights to the Preakness, but the state of Maryland matched it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Andrew Lee, partner and head of intellectual property at law firm Brandsmiths, which represented Hasbro, told BBC News it was a "significant judgment".

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

It did not occur to Browne that the notion of intellectual property owed as much to Columbus as to the printing press.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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