Intellectual property
* Intellectual properties are intangible products of the mind - ideas and their representation
* becomes the basic structure of power.
* complex area of law.
* consititutes private property rights over ideas and inventions.
* exists in information, symbols, concepts, or creative expression.
* follows directly from the notion of physical property.
* forms the heart of any organization's competitive edge
  - technology licensing
* generic term which encompasses all expressions of human creativity.
* has many forms.
* includes any words, images, or other expressions of a person's ideas
  - copyrighted material, trademarks and patents
  - copyrights, trade and service marks, patents, and trade secrets
  - ideas, and the works of authors, composers and other creative people
  - inventions, designs, original works of authorship and trade secrets
  - material that is copyrighted, patented or trademarked
* includes patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade dress, and trade secrets
  - trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets
* is an ancient principle
  - extremely important part of our nation s export economy
* is an important factor in academic research as well as in online communities
  - the total valuation of a company
  - any intangible asset that consists of human knowledge and ideas
  - as real as any other physical property
  - books, movies, software, etc
  - both an input and an output in the information economy
  - bought and sold as commodity
  - controversial among libertarians
  - fundamentally different than other forms of property
  - imagination made real
  - information that is useful and transferrable, and controlled by someone
* is intangible property, that is property created by the mind
  - just as important as physical property
* is often commandeered and abused on the Internet
  - the key asset of a biotechnology or pharmacology company
* is one of the fastest growing areas of law practice
  - most important assets of a life sciences company
  - today's most rapidly developing and important areas of law
  - way to enhance growth and competitiveness worldwide
  - original work that can be protected by law
* is property just like someone's real property
  - that results from people's intellectual talent and abilities
  - solely a creation of society
* is the greatest asset of any media company
  - hot commodity in the engineering and computer science workplace
  - information that makes it possible for businesses to earn money
  - key asset of many companies
  - law of our information age
  - legal definition for the ownership of information
  - product of someone's mental efforts
  - real property of the information economy
  - right to use certain ideas, expressions of ideas, images or names
  - set of legal rights to an expressed name or idea
  - source of many of the most dynamic world enterprises
  - things like patents, copyrights and trademarks
  - usually a public good, i.e. consumption is non-rival
  - vital to the U.S. economy
* product of human endeavour.
* refers to images as well as design.
* represents the products of creative minds.
* trendy term that manages to be both imposing and vague at the same time.