Intellectual Property

a work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a manuscript or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc.

• patent

• copyright

• trade secret

• intellectual property

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

• patent

• copyright

• trade mark

• trade secret

an exclusive right granted by the federal government allowing the owner to reproduce and sell an artistic or published work

• patent

• copyright

• trade secret

• trade mark

a brand that has exclusive legal protection for both its brand name and its design

• patent

• copyright

• trade secret

• trademark

info that a business or individual keeps confidential to gain advantage over competitors

• patent

• copyright

• trade secret

• trademark

a new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation

• patent

• invention

• royalty

• trade secret

the action of breaking the terms of a law, agreement, etc.; violation

• invention

• infringement

• royalty

• piracy

unauthorized and illegal duplication of copyrighted material

• infringement

• larceny

• piracy

• theft

generally a percentage of annual sales paid by the franchisee to the franchiser

• infringement

• royalty

• piracy

• larceny

the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

• piracy

• plagiarism

• larceny

• infringement