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intellectual property

NOUN
protected property created by original thought
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“The investigation may point to the unlawful transfer abroad of specialized intellectual property and trade secrets,” prosecutors said in a statement on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

They were soon joined by another Polytechnique alumnus, Thomas Wolf, a wide-ranging talent who holds a doctorate in quantum physics and also worked as an intellectual property lawyer.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Nutex Health said it is working to figure out whether confidential business and financial information or intellectual property was stolen in a cyberattack detected in late August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The intellectual property formerly owned by Zume – more than 300 patents – was bought up, external by Miso Robotics, of California.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Inseparable from the idea of discovery were the ideas of progress and intellectual property.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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