intellectual propertynoun [ U ]
uk/ɪn.təlˌek.tju.əl ˈprɒp.ə.ti/us/ɪn.t̬əlˌek.tʃu.əl ˈprɑː.pɚ.t̬i/specializedabbreviation IP someone's idea, invention, creation, etc., that can be protected by law from being copied by someone else
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Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- brainchild
- concept
- conception
- construct
- dogma
- fancy
- inspiration
- IP
- ism
- meat
- motif
- proposition
- punctuated equilibrium
- sacred cow
- straw man
- tenet
- the domino theory
- thrust
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Examples from literature
- And now, there are laws to protect their intellectual property.
- So the fight for artists to protect their intellectual property isn’t going to end any time soon.