intellectual property
noun
: property (such as an idea, invention, or process) that derives from the work of the mind or intellect
also : an application, right, or registration relating to this
Example Sentences
Any song that you write is your intellectual property.
Recent Examples on the Web Arm and its partners have invested billions of dollars to create industry-leading intellectual property. 
Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 1 Sep. 2022 The resolution may have little practical impact, but could sway debate at the World Trade Organization over a proposal to relax intellectual property rules for making Covid-19 treatments and tests. Ed Silverman, STAT, 13 July 2022 The administration also wants international intellectual property rules to be waived to facilitate the generic manufacture of vaccines. New York Times, 9 May 2022 Last week, the World Trade Organization agreed to allow developing countries to suspend the intellectual property protections for some COVID vaccines, allowing for local manufacturing of generic vaccines. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 June 2022 The agreement, which lasts for five years, allows a country to waive intellectual property protections on vaccines without the permission of the company that holds patent rights. Ed Silverman, STAT, 18 June 2022 And findings from my own research suggest that intellectual property protections will not likely be a substantial barrier to Civica’s efforts. Jing Luo, The Conversation, 9 May 2022 Russia’s removal of intellectual property protections during wartime is not without precedent. Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022 Winslow would like to bring on lawyers with different expertise: corporate law, real estate, employment, intellectual property. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2022 See More
Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 1 Sep. 2022 The resolution may have little practical impact, but could sway debate at the World Trade Organization over a proposal to relax intellectual property rules for making Covid-19 treatments and tests. Ed Silverman, STAT, 13 July 2022 The administration also wants international intellectual property rules to be waived to facilitate the generic manufacture of vaccines. New York Times, 9 May 2022 Last week, the World Trade Organization agreed to allow developing countries to suspend the intellectual property protections for some COVID vaccines, allowing for local manufacturing of generic vaccines. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 June 2022 The agreement, which lasts for five years, allows a country to waive intellectual property protections on vaccines without the permission of the company that holds patent rights. Ed Silverman, STAT, 18 June 2022 And findings from my own research suggest that intellectual property protections will not likely be a substantial barrier to Civica’s efforts. Jing Luo, The Conversation, 9 May 2022 Russia’s removal of intellectual property protections during wartime is not without precedent. Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022 Winslow would like to bring on lawyers with different expertise: corporate law, real estate, employment, intellectual property. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1769, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
intellectual property
see property