Intellectual property

intellectual propertyintellectual property:  a piece of work or a creation by the... More:  a piece of work or a creation by the human intellect, which, subject to various qualifying conditions, the author of the work or creation has legal rights in (known as intellectual propertyintellectual property:  a piece of work or a creation by the... More rights), including the right to prevent others from using the intellectual propertyintellectual property:  a piece of work or a creation by the... More; common forms of intellectual propertyintellectual property:  a piece of work or a creation by the... More are copyrightcopyright: the right to deal exclusively in certain types of... More, trade marktrade mark: a symbol, most commonly used in conjunction with... More rights (both registered and unregistered), design rights and patents.